| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
|---|
| diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation |
accent
,
accent mark
|
| diacritical mark (U-shaped) placed over a vowel to indicate a short sound |
breve
|
| diacritical mark |
caret
,
cedilla
,
tilde
|
| diacritical mark changing a c sound to an s sound |
cedilla
|
| diacritical mark (,) placed below the letter c to indicate that it is pronounced as an s |
cedilla
|
| diacritical mark (^) placed above a vowel in some languages to indicate a special phonetic quality |
circumflex
|
| diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel in German to indicate a change in sound |
diaeresis
,
dieresis
,
umlaut
|
| diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation |
hacek
,
wedge
|
| diacritical mark (-) placed above a vowel to indicate a long sound |
macron
|
| diacritical mark (~) placed over the letter n in Spanish to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel in Portuguese to indicate nasalization |
tilde
|
| diacritical mark used over a vowel in certain languages |
umlaut
|
