diacritic

• Qui se rapporte à un signe, comme un accent ou une cédille, qui, placé au-dessus ou au-dessous d'une lettre, indique une différence de prononciation.

Relating to a sign, such as an accent or cedilla, which when written above or below a letter indicates a difference in pronunciation.

1. Distinguishing or differentiatingC2formal

   Capable of distinguishing or serving to differentiate between things.

   diacritique (distinctif)

   • The diacritic features of the two species are subtle but important.
   • In linguistics, diacritic marks help distinguish different sounds.
   • The study focused on diacritic traits that separate the two groups.

   Synonymesdiagnosticdifferentialdiscriminatingdiscriminativedistinctive

• Nom désignant un signe, tel qu'un accent ou une cédille, ajouté à une lettre pour indiquer une prononciation particulière ou pour distinguer une valeur phonétique précise.

A noun referring to a mark, such as an accent or cedilla, added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation or to distinguish a particular phonetic value.

1. Pronunciation markC1formal

   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, or to indicate stress or tone.

   signe diacritique

   • The acute accent (é) is a common diacritic in French.
   • In German, the umlaut (ä, ö, ü) is a diacritic that changes the vowel sound.
   • The cedilla (ç) is a diacritic used in Portuguese and French.

   Synonymesaccentaccent markdiacritical markmarksign