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Diacritical mark   /dˌaɪəkrˈɪtəkəl mɑrk/   Listen
Diacritical mark

noun
1.
A mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation.  Synonym: diacritic.






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"Diacritical mark" Quotes from Famous Books



... (^) indicates that the remainder of the word is superscripted. The word Tyranny (Tyrannie, Tyrannies) is sometimes spelled with only one 'n', the other being denoted by a diacritical mark. The spelling has been regularised ...
— An Apologie for the Royal Party (1659); and A Panegyric to Charles the Second (1661) • John Evelyn

... the use of the Caret as a Diacritical Mark? Over a, it indicates the flat sound; over e, the sound of a, flat; over u, the sound of ...
— 1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading • B. A. Hathaway



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