diakritik

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from English diacritic, from Ancient Greek διακριτικός (diakritikós, “distinguishing, separative”), from διακρῑ́νω (diakrī́nō, “to distinguish, separate”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /diaˈkritik/ [di.aˈkri.t̪ɪk̚]
  • Rhymes: -itik
  • Syllabification: di‧a‧kri‧tik

Noun

diakritik (plural diakritik-diakritik)

  1. (linguistics) diacritic:
    1. a special mark added to a letter to indicate a different pronunciation, stress, tone, or meaning.
    2. a letter added to another letter serving a similar indicative function.

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