diacritique

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dja.kʁi.tik/

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Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek διακριτικός (diakritikós).

Adjective

diacritique (plural diacritiques)

1. diacritical

   un signe diacritique ― a diacritical mark

Etymology 2

Ellipsis of signe diacritique.

Noun

diacritique m (plural diacritiques)

1. diacritic (special mark)

Etymology 3

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Noun

diacritique f (plural diacritiques)

1. diacritics

Further reading

• “diacritique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.