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ogonek

UK/ɒˈɡɒnɛk//ɑˈɡɑnɛk/

ogonek noun: a hook-shaped diacritical mark ⟨◌̨⟩ attached underneath a vowel, typically to indicate nasalization, as in Ąą, Ęę, Įį, Ǫǫ or Ųų.

Noun

ogonek (plural ogoneks)

  1. A hook-shaped diacritical mark ⟨◌̨⟩ attached underneath a vowel, typically to indicate nasalization, as in Ąą, Ęę, Įį, Ǫǫ or Ųų.
    • The pangram “Pchnąć w tę łódź jeża lub ośm skrzyń fig” (To push a hedgehog or eight boxes of figs into that boat) highlights a few of the language-specific diacritical marks, such as L with stroke (ł) and ogoneks (ą, ę) necessary to write in Polish—demonstrating how a writing system can accommodate...2023, Mia Cinelli, Giving Type Meaning: Context and Craft in Typography, Bloomsbury, →ISBN

ogonek meaning in Persian

ogonek in Persian

diacritical mark
اگنک ogonek

Forms of ogonek

pluralogoneks

Origin of ogonek

Borrowed from Polish ogonek, from ogon (“tail”) + -ek.

Questions about ogonek

What does ogonek mean?
Ogonek means a hook-shaped diacritical mark ⟨◌̨⟩ attached underneath a vowel, typically to indicate nasalization, as in Ąą, Ęę, Įį, Ǫǫ or Ųų.
What is ogonek in Persian?
Ogonek in Persian is اگنک (ogonek). See Ogonek meaning in Persian.
What part of speech is ogonek?
Ogonek is a noun.
How do you pronounce ogonek?
Ogonek is pronounced /ɒˈɡɒnɛk/ (UK).
What is the plural of ogonek?
The plural of ogonek is ogoneks.

Words near ogonek in the dictionary

  1. OGNL
  2. ogo
  3. Ogod
  4. ogogoro
  5. ogok-bap
  6. ogonek
  7. ogoneks
  8. Ogoni
  9. Ogoniland
  10. Ogonis
  11. ogonori

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