Definitions for diacritic

diacritic di·a·crit·ic

Spelling: [dahy-uh-krit-ik]
IPA: /ˌdaɪ əˈkrɪt ɪk/

Diacritic is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 152 anagrams from letters in diacritic (accdiiirt).

Definitions for diacritic

noun

  1. Also called diacritical mark. a mark, point, or sign added or attached to a letter or character to distinguish it from another of similar form, to give it a particular phonetic value, to indicate stress, etc., as a cedilla, tilde, circumflex, or macron.

adjective

  1. diacritical.
  2. diagnostic.

Origin of diacritic

1670-80; Greek diakritikós distinctive, equivalent to dia- dia- + kritikós; see critic

Examples for diacritic

This script, with its diacritic marks, was scientifically evolved at the beginning of the nineteenth century.

Errors in German phrases and the diacritic of "Lige" were not corrected.

A flat wick should be slightly rounded, the middle being the highest point, like this diacritic , not this one.

Word Value for diacritic
Scrable

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Words with friends

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