diacritic

noun

di·a·crit·ic ˌdī-ə-ˈkri-tik

: a mark near or through an orthographic or phonetic character or combination of characters indicating a phonetic value different from that given the unmarked or otherwise marked element

Examples of diacritic in a Sentence

Two diacritics appear in the word “déjà vu.”

Recent Examples on the Web The algorithm stumbled over the symbols that had a dot placed underneath or on the side, and the team used contextual analysis to deal with these diacritics. —

Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 20 Mar. 2023 The floral patterns at the bottom of the logo as well as the football at the top both reference Qatari culture, while the dots either side of the football are actually Arabic diacritics. —

SI.com, 3 Sep. 2019

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