diacritical

• Relatif à un signe, tel qu'un accent ou une cédille, ajouté à une lettre pour indiquer une prononciation particulière ou pour distinguer des mots similaires.

Relating to a mark, such as an accent or cedilla, added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation or to distinguish between similar words.

1. Distinguishing or differentiatingC1formal

   Serving to distinguish or differentiate between similar things.

   distinctif, qui distingue

   • The diacritical marks in the alphabet help distinguish similar sounds.
   • In linguistics, diacritical features are used to separate phonemes.
   • The study focused on diacritical traits that set the two species apart.

   Synonymescontrastivedifferentialdiscriminatingdiscriminativedistinctive