diacritical

English

Etymology

From diacritic +‎ -al.

Adjective

diacritical (comparative more diacritical, superlative most diacritical)

Capable of distinguishing or of making a distinction.
Of, pertaining to, or serving as a diacritic
- A. J. Ellis
  A glance at this typography will reveal great difficulties, which diacritical marks necessarily throw in the way of both printer and writer.

Related terms

diacritic

Translations

capable of distinguishing

Catalan: diacrític (ca) m
Finnish: erottava (fi)

Galician: diacrítico m
Italian: diacritico (it) m

of, pertaining to, or serving as a diacritic

Catalan: diacrític (ca) m
Czech: diakritický (cs) m
Dutch: diakritisch (nl)

Finnish: diakriittinen (fi)
Italian: diacritico (it) m
Spanish: diacrítico (es)

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Italian: diacritico (2)

Noun

diacritical (plural diacriticals)

diacritic (mark)

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