Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

diacritical hook

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.81 in modern English

Syllables: di-a-crit-i-cal hook
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any specific, hamiform diacritic; variously:

noun

Any specific, hamiform diacritic; variously:

noun

Any specific, hamiform diacritic; variously:

noun

Any specific, hamiform diacritic; variously:

Example Sentences

"The following misprints have been noticed: … lāru for lārum … and in hęre for as in hęre … miere for mīere … feorōe for feorðe … onliehtan for onlīehtan … the omission of the diacritical hook under the e or o in: dęhter … āsęcgan … cwęllan … swęre, swęriað … sęnde, sęnd … nęmde, nęmnode …gesęnded … sęcge … gǫngan … ęlne … forswęrian … wębbestre, wędlāc."
"Such [r-coloring] may also be represented by adding a diacritical hook to a vowel letter [ᶒ, ɚ, ᶗ], or by making use of Kenyon’s “hooked schwa” [˞]."
"In the new Turkish alphabet each sound is represented by a single letter, sometimes with diacritical hooks."
"For quotations using this term, see Citations:diacritical hook."

Inflected Forms

diacritical hooks (plural)

Questions

What does diacritical hook mean?: Any specific, hamiform diacritic; variously:

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