diacritic

• Relativo a um sinal gráfico, como acento, til ou cedilha, colocado acima ou abaixo de uma letra para indicar diferença de pronúncia ou de significado.

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.

   Distintivo

   • 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.

   Sinônimosdiagnosticdifferentialdiscriminatingdiscriminativedistinctive

• Substantivo que designa um sinal gráfico, como acento, til, cedilha ou trema, acrescentado a uma letra para indicar pronúncia especial ou distinguir um valor fonético específico.

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.

   Sinal diacrítico

   • 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.

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