A dot or other small mark used in writing or printing; spec. = point, n.1 16c. Obsolete.
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| 释义 | society > communication > writing > written character > [noun] > written character not a letter > diacritic > types of (36) prickOE A dot or other small mark used in writing or printing; spec. = point, n.1 16c. Obsolete. tittlec1384 A dot or other small mark used in writing or printing. Originally: any minute point or part of a letter; a diacritic mark indicating a long vowel… acute accent1555 (a) a raised pitch or stress on a particular syllable; (b) the mark ´ placed over letters in some languages, originally to indicate raised pitch, and… windabout1589 Suggested name for a circumflex accent. cerilla1591 = cedilla, n. cedilla1599 A mark (¸) derived from the letter z, written, especially in French and Portuguese (formerly also in Spanish) words, under c, to show that it has… acute1609 Linguistics. An acute accent. circumflex1609 Grammar. A circumflex accent (sign): see A. 1. grave1609 A grave accent; †a grave note. diaeresis1611 The sign [¨] marking such a division, or, more usually, placed over the second of two vowels which otherwise make a diphthong or single sound, to… dialysis1665 = diaeresis, n. 1b. Obsolete. dot1693 In various systems of writing or of dividing text. A point placed over, under, or next to a letter or figure to modify its meaning, pronunciation… short accent, mark1704 Phonetics and Prosody. Applied to a vowel (less frequently to a consonant) when its utterance has the less of the two measures of duration… long mark1729 a straight horizontal line (ˉ) placed over a vowel to indicate that it is long (see sense A. 11a); cf. length-mark n. at length, n. 8b, macron, n. síneadh fada1768 An Irish diacritic mark having the form of an acute accent, which is placed over a vowel to indicate that the letter should be pronounced with a long… macron1851 A straight horizontal line (ˉ) placed over a vowel to indicate length or stress. macrotone1880 = macron, n. tilde1915 The diacritic mark ˜ placed in Spanish above the letter n to indicate the mouillé or palatalized sound/ɲ/, as in señor/sɛɲor/. Also, the mark placed… umlaut1938 The diacritical sign (¨) placed over a vowel to indicate that such a change has taken place. fada1981 An Irish diacritic mark having the form of an acute accent, which is placed over a vowel to indicate that the letter should be pronounced with a… ogonek1981 A diacritic resembling a hook (˛), which is placed beneath a letter. Subcategories:— use of (2) — in Hebrew (4) — in Greek (4) — in Sanskrit (1) — in Spanish (1) — in Portuguese (1) — in modern Turkish (1) — in Arabic, unvoiced occlusive (1) |
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