diacritical mark

• Un signe diacritique est un symbole ajouté à une lettre pour modifier sa prononciation ou pour la distinguer d'une lettre similaire, comme l'accent, la cédille ou le tréma.

A diacritical mark is a symbol added to a letter to alter its pronunciation or to distinguish it from a similar letter, such as an accent, cedilla, or umlaut.

1. Pronunciation guideB2formal

   A symbol added to a letter to indicate a specific pronunciation, stress, or tone.

   signe diacritique

   • The acute accent is a common diacritical mark in French.
   • In Spanish, the tilde is a diacritical mark used over the letter 'n'.
   • The umlaut is a diacritical mark that changes the sound of a vowel in German.