diacritic
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Definition of diacritic
: 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
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diacritic
noun
English Language Learners Definition of diacritic
: a mark that is placed over, under, or through a letter in some languages to show that the letter should be pronounced in a particular way
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