: a mark near or through an orthographic or phonetic character or combination of characters indicating a phonetic value different from that given the unmarked or otherwise marked element
Example Sentences
Two diacritics appear in the word “déjà vu.”
Recent Examples on the WebThe floral patterns at the bottom of the logo as well as the football at the top both reference Qatari culture, while the dots either side of the football are actually Arabic diacritics.SI.com, 3 Sep. 2019