diacritic

Example Sentences

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First, there is that silent "h" — but it ends flatly, without the diacritic that would make it rise, as if it were a question.

From Salon • Nov. 14, 2021

We make use of lots of different types of punctuation, casing, font styles, and diacritic marks.

From Slate • Sep. 30, 2016

This script, with its diacritic marks, was scientifically evolved at the beginning of the nineteenth century.

From The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 by Baerlein, Henry

This was remedied by the introduction of these marks, and Hus’s system of orthography became known as the diacritic one.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various

Students should observe especially the curious diacritic point by which he designates the Nom. pendens.

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose