underdot

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ dot.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

underdot (plural underdots)

1. A dot placed below a letter, as a diacritical mark.

   a with underdot = ạ

Antonyms

• overdot

Hypernyms

• dot

Translations

diacritical mark

• French: point souscrit (fr) m
• Hungarian: alsó pont
• Punjabi: ਨੁਕਤਾ m (nuktā)
• Vietnamese: dấu nặng (vi)

Verb

underdot (third-person singular simple present underdots, present participle underdotting, simple past and past participle underdotted)

1. (transitive) To place a dot below (a letter), as a diacritical mark.