English noun: diacritical mark | |||
1. | diacritical mark (communication) a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation | ||
Synonyms | diacritic | ||
Broader (hypernym) | mark | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | accent, accent mark, breve, cedilla, circumflex, diaeresis, dieresis, hacek, macron, tilde, umlaut, wedge | ||