diacritical

1. 1.

   capable of distinguishing

   “students having superior diacritic powers”

   “the diacritic elements in culture”

   Synonymsdiacritic

   Similardiscriminating

Questions about diacritical

What does diacritical mean?

diacritical means "capable of distinguishing".

How many syllables are in diacritical?

diacritical has 5 syllables: di-a-crit-i-cal. The stress falls on "crit". In IPA it is /ˌdaɪəˈkɹɪtəkəl/.

What is another word for diacritical?

Close synonyms include diacritic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.