Meanings
plural diacritical marks
- communicationsA symbol in writing used with a letter to indicate a different pronunciation, stress, tone, or meaning.
California, like several other states, prohibits the use of diacritical marks or accents on official documents. That means no tilde (~), no accent grave (`), no umlaut (¨) and certainly no cedilla (¸).
2015 April 11, Tovin Lapan, “California birth certificates and accents: O’Connor alright, Ramón and José is not”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 04 Apr 2025Synonyms: diacritic, diacritical
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA symbol in writing used with a letter to indicate a different pronunciation, stress, tone, or meaning.
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Translations
Arabic شَكْل, شَكْلَة
- شَكْل (šakl)symbol
- شَكْلَة (šakla)symbol
- عَلَامَة تَشْكِيل (ʕalāmat taškīl)symbol
Bulgarian диакрити́чен знак
- диакрити́чен знак (diakritíčen znak)symbol
Catalan signe diacrític, diacrític
- signe diacríticsymbol
- diacríticsymbol
Chinese Mandarin 附加符號 /附加符号, 讀音符號 /读音符号
- 附加符號 /附加符号 (fùjiā fúhào)symbol
- 讀音符號 /读音符号 (dúyīn fúhào)symbol
- 變音符號 /变音符号 (biànyīn fúhào)symbol
Czech diakritické znaménko, diakritický znak
- diakritické znaménkosymbol
- diakritický znaksymbol
Danish diakritisk tegn
- diakritisk tegnsymbol
Dutch diakritisch teken
- diakritisch tekensymbol
Esperanto diakrita signo, diakritilo
- diakrita signosymbol
- diakritilosymbol
Estonian diakriitiline märk
- diakriitiline märksymbol
Finnish tarke, diakriittinen merkki
- tarkesymbol
- diakriittinen merkkisymbol
French signe diacritique, diacritique
- signe diacritiquesymbol
- diacritiquesymbol
German diakritisches Zeichen, Diakritikum
- diakritisches Zeichensymbol
- Diakritikumsymbol
- Diakritikonsymbol
Greek διακριτικό σημείο
- διακριτικό σημείο (diakritikó simeío)symbol
Hebrew ניקוד, נִקּוּד
- ניקודsymbol
- נִקּוּד (nikúd)symbol
Hindi मात्रा, विशेषक चिह्न
- मात्रा (mātrā)symbol
- विशेषक चिह्न (viśeṣak cihna)symbol
Hungarian diakritikus jel, mellékjel
- diakritikus jelsymbol
- mellékjelsymbol
Icelandic stafmerki, framburðartákn
- stafmerkisymbol
- framburðartáknsymbol
Irish comhartha idirdhealaitheach, comhartha diaicritice
- comhartha idirdhealaitheachsymbol
- comhartha diaicriticesymbol
Italian segno diacritico
- segno diacriticosymbol
Japanese ダイアクリティカルマーク, 字上符
- ダイアクリティカルマーク (daiakuritikaru māku)symbol
- 字上符 (jijōfu)symbol
Korean 발음 구별 기호, 발음 구별 부호
- 발음 구별 기호 (bareum gubyeol giho)symbol
- 발음 구별 부호 (bareum gubyeol buho)symbol
Latvian diakritiskā zīme
- diakritiskā zīmesymbol
Lithuanian diakritinis ženklas
- diakritinis ženklassymbol
Māori tohu whakahua
- tohu whakahuasymbol
Norwegian Bokmål diakritisk tegn
- diakritisk tegnsymbol
Polish znak diakrytyczny
- znak diakrytycznysymbol
Portuguese acento diacrítico, acento
- acento diacríticosymbol
- acentosymbol
Punjabi بَھتّ, بَھتّاں
- بَھتّ (bhatt)symbol
- بَھتّاں (bhattāṉ)symbol
Romanian semn diacritic, diacritic
- semn diacriticsymbol
- diacriticsymbol
Russian диакрити́ческий знак
- диакрити́ческий знак (diakritíčeskij znak)symbol
Slovak diakritické znamienko, diakritická značka
- diakritické znamienkosymbol
- diakritická značkasymbol
Spanish signo diacrítico, marca diacrítica
- signo diacríticosymbol
- marca diacríticasymbol
Swedish diakritiskt tecken, diakrit
- diakritiskt teckensymbol
- diakritsymbol
Tagalog tuldik
- tuldiksymbol
Thai เครื่องหมายการออกเสียง
- เครื่องหมายการออกเสียง (krʉ̂ʉang-mǎai-gaan-ɔ̀ɔk-sǐiang)symbol
Ukrainian діакрити́чний знак
- діакрити́чний знак (diakrytýčnyj znak)symbol
Urdu حَرَکَت, حَرَکات
- حَرَکَت (harakat)symbol
- حَرَکات (harakāt)symbol
- اِعْراب (i'rāb)symbol
Vietnamese dấu phụ
- dấu phụsymbol
Welsh arwyddnod, marc diacritig
- arwyddnodsymbol
- marc diacritigsymbol
Yiddish דיאַקריטישע סימנים
- דיאַקריטישע סימנים (dyakritishe simonem)symbol
Cite this entry
diacritical mark. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diacritical%20mark
“diacritical mark.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diacritical%20mark. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “diacritical mark,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diacritical%20mark.
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