diacritic

英 [,daɪə'krɪtɪk] 美 [,daɪə'krɪtɪk]
  • adj. 发音符号的;可区别的
  • n. 区别发音符号
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diacritic 变音符

dia-, 穿过,分开。-crit, 分开,词源同crisis, critic. 表示变音的符号,如。

diacritic (adj.)
1690s, of sounds, from Greek diakritikos "that separates or distinguishes," from diakrinein "to separate one from another," from dia- (see dia-) + krinein "to separate, decide, judge" (see crisis). As a noun, from 1866. Related: Diacritical.