noun
- A diacritical mark (ˇ) placed above a letter to modify its pronunciation, used in various languages including Czech, Slovak, and Serbo-Croatian.
Usage: Also called a caron or háček in some languages.; Commonly used in linguistics and language study.
Examples
- The Czech letter 'č' is pronounced with a hacek over the 'c'.
- In Slovak, the hacek changes the sound of consonants like 's' to 'š'.
- The hacek is one of several diacritical marks used in Central European languages.
- When typing in Czech, you need to know where to place the hacek on each letter.
- The hacek mark appears above letters in words like 'naïve' in some transliteration systems.