- a sign, such as an accent or cedilla, which when written above or below a letter indicates a difference in pronunciation from the same letter when unmarked or differently marked变音符号（如重音符号或下加符号, 加于字母上方或下方, 表示其发音与未加符号或加不同符号的字母有区别）。
- (of a mark or sign) indicating a difference in pronunciation变音符号的。
派生词
diacritical
adjectivediacritically
adverb词源
late 17th cent.: from Greek diakritikos, from diakrinein 'distinguish'， from dia- 'through' + krinein 'to separate'.