mark the impression created by doing something unusual or extraordinary that people notice and remember; "it was in London that he made his mark"; "he left an indelible mark on the American theater"
accent mark,
accent a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation
breve a diacritical mark (U-shaped) placed over a vowel to indicate a short sound
cedilla a diacritical mark (,) placed below the letter c to indicate that it is pronounced as an s
circumflex a diacritical mark (^) placed above a vowel in some languages to indicate a special phonetic quality
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wedge a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation
macron a diacritical mark (-) placed above a vowel to indicate a long sound
tilde a diacritical mark (~) placed over the letter n in Spanish to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel in Portuguese to indicate nasalization
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Wiktionary
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diacritical mark -
A symbol in writing used with a letter to indicate a different pronunciation, stress, tone, or meaning, also called "tone marks" when used to indicate tones, e. g. in Vietnamese or pinyin romanised Mandarin Chinese.
OmegaWiki Dictionary
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diacritical mark A special mark added to a letter to indicate a different pronunciation, stress, tone, or meaning.
