diacritical
/dˌaɪəkɹˈɪtəkəl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.81 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Capable of distinguishing or of making a distinction.
adj
Of, pertaining to, or serving as a diacritic.
noun
Example Sentences
- "The reduplicated forms and the fineness of the diacritical strokes, render his book troublesome to the reader"
- "California, like several other states, prohibits the use of diacritical marks or accents on official documents. That means no tilde (~), no accent grave (`), no umlaut (¨) and certainly no cedilla (¸)."
- "This is often the case when diacriticals are written at the end of the word - the last character ends, but there is still some ink in the original writing order that should have been used up in the course of processing the various t's, i's, and apostrophes in the body of the word."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δια- (dia-) Proto-Indo-European *krey- Proto-Indo-European *-n- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *krinyéti Proto-Hellenic *kríňňō Ancient Greek κρῑ́νω (krī́nō) Ancient Greek κρῐ- (krĭ-) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek κρῐτής (krĭtḗs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek κριτικός (kritikós) Ancient Greek δῐᾰκρῐτῐκός (dĭăkrĭtĭkós)lbor. English diacritic English -al English diacritical From diacritic + -al.