dieresis
or di·aer·e·sis
[ dahy-er-uh-sis ]
noun,plural di·er·e·ses [dahy-er-uh-seez]. /daɪˈɛr əˌsiz/.
Linguistics, Phonetics. the separation of two adjacent vowels, dividing one syllable into two.
Phonetics, Orthography. a diacritic (¨) placed over the second of two adjacent vowels to indicate separate pronunciation, as in one spelling of the older forms naïve and coöperate: no longer widely used in English.
Prosody. the division made in a line or verse by coincidence of the end of a foot and the end of a word.
Origin of dieresis
1Other words from dieresis
- di·e·ret·ic [dahy-uh-ret-ik], /ˌdaɪ əˈrɛt ɪk/, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for dieresis
dieresis
/ (daɪˈɛrɪsɪs) /
Derived forms of dieresis
- dieretic (ˌdaɪəˈrɛtɪk), adjective
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