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diacriticals

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for diacriticals.

Editorial note

Another interesting coffee variation is (forgive the lack of diacriticals here) ca phe sua da, Vietnamese iced coffee.

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Quick take

Synonym of diacritical mark (adnoun equivalent).

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of diacriticals gathered in one view.

noun

Synonym of diacritical mark (adnoun equivalent).

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for diacriticals.

noun

Synonym of diacritical mark (adnoun equivalent).

Example sentences

1

Another interesting coffee variation is (forgive the lack of diacriticals here) ca phe sua da, Vietnamese iced coffee.

2

That being why doesn’t English use accents/diacriticals marks to help resolve many of its peculiar spellings and wayward pronunciations.

3

It seems to me that if ever a language needs diacriticals then it has to be English.

4

There are a handful of characters/diacriticals that are shift-opt to reach, but the most common ones are less typing.

5

That would help clarify some of the differences between placement of diacriticals or other marks.

6

Only in 2017 did California, by law, allow names with diacriticals, as in José.

7

Especially with OCR, transliterations from and across different languages, characters missing their diacriticals, etc.

8

Some English kids’ dictionaries used diacriticals on the vowels to represent the actual quality of the vowel irrespective of the vowel written.

9

I don't think the average person has the time or energy to resolve 3 stacked diacriticals and a consonant juxtaposition.

10

Of course, support person probably meant to remove the diacriticals from my Google+ profiles, but still it left unplesant aftertaste for years to come.

11

Source for claim many people are taught to use accents and diacriticals?

12

The compose key gives me easy access to all diacriticals and accents, and I don't need to switch contexts at all.

Quote examples

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Accents and diacriticals are far from "hyper specialised", they are how many people are taught to write, and want to write.

2

The disagreements ITT at least answer the question I came away with after scanning this post—"if these are almost all pronounced the same, why the different diacriticals?" The partial answer being, some dialects retain differences and they are significant.

3

*Mac uses option (Alt) at the OS layer too, but it's to compose variøüs diacriticals and (√•§¢) symbols, so it's highly frowned upon to use "alone" (as in "Option-V" because that should be dedicated to making the √ symbol) - but it's frequently used in combination with Command.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use diacriticals in a sentence?

Another interesting coffee variation is (forgive the lack of diacriticals here) ca phe sua da, Vietnamese iced coffee.

What does diacriticals mean?

Synonym of diacritical mark (adnoun equivalent).

What part of speech is diacriticals?

diacriticals is commonly used as noun.