Definition that contains diacritical mark
- accent a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation
- wedge a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation
- tilde a diacritical mark (~) placed over the letter n in Spanish to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel in Portuguese to indicate nasalization
- umlaut a diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel to indicate a change in sound in some languages
- breve a diacritical mark (U-shaped) placed over a vowel to indicate a short sound
- macron a diacritical mark (-) placed above a vowel to indicate a long sound
- hacek a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation
- circumflex a diacritical mark (^) placed above a vowel in some languages to indicate a special phonetic quality
- diaeresis a diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel to indicate that it does not form a diphthong with an adjacent vowel
- dieresis a diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel to indicate that it does not form a diphthong with an adjacent vowel