diacritical mark
noun1
Communications, Journalism, Literature, Media, Orthography, Publishing, Typography, Writing A symbol in writing used with a letter to indicate a different pronunciation, stress, tone, or meaning.
- California, like several other states, prohibits the use of diacritical marks or accents on official documents. That means no tilde (~), no accent grave (`), no umlaut (¨) and certainly no cedilla (¸).2015 April 11, Tovin Lapan, “California birth certificates and accents: O’Connor alright, Ramón and José is not”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 04 Apr 2025: