As adjectives the difference between diacritic and polytonic
is that diacritic is distinguishing while polytonic is of or using the greek system of diacritics which employs the rough and smooth breathings and the grave, acute, and circumflex accents replaced by the monotonic system in 1982.
As a noun diacritic
is a special mark added to a letter to indicate a different pronunciation, stress, tone, or meaning.
diacritic
English
Adjective
(
en adjective)
distinguishing
(orthography, not comparable) Denoting a distinguishing mark applied to a letter or character.
Synonyms
* diacritical
Noun
(
en noun)
A special mark added to a letter to indicate a different pronunciation, stress, tone, or meaning.
Synonyms
* accent
* diacritical mark
Derived terms
* diacritical
Hyponyms
* cedilla
* diaeresis
*
* tilde
* umlaut
External links
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polytonic
English
Adjective
(head)
of or using the Greek system of diacritics which employs the rough and smooth breathings and the grave, acute, and circumflex accents. Replaced by the monotonic system in 1982.
Antonyms
* monotonic
External links
* (Greek diacritics)
