diacritic
n
(also diacritical/-kl; -kl/) adj [attrib 作定語(yǔ)]
mark (eg an accent, a diaeresis or a cedilla) placed above or below a written or printed letter to indicate different sounds (標(biāo)於書面字母上方或下方以表示其不同發(fā)音的)變音符號(hào)(如重音符、 分音符或下加符). diacritic, of diacritic mark 變音符號(hào)的.