Definition of Dieresis. Meaning of Dieresis. Synonyms of Dieresis

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Definition of Dieresis

Dieresis
Dieresis Di*er"e*sis, n. [NL.] Same as Di[ae]resis.
Dieresis
Diaeresis Di*[ae]r"e*sis, Dieresis Di*er"e*sis (?; 277), n.; pl. Di[ae]reses or Diereses. [L. diaeresis, Gr. ?, fr. ? to divide; dia` through, asunder + ? to take. See Heresy.] 1. (Gram.) The separation or resolution of one syllable into two; -- the opposite of syn[ae]resis. 2. A mark consisting of two dots [[umlaut]], placed over the second of two adjacent vowels, to denote that they are to be pronounced as distinct letters; as, co["o]perate, a["e]rial.

Meaning of Dieresis from wikipedia

- up diaeresis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Diaeresis (dieresis, diæresis, diëresis) may refer to: Diaeresis (prosody), pronunciation of vowels in...
- Ö, or ö, is a character that represents either a letter from several extended Latin alphabets, or the letter "o" modified with an umlaut or diaeresis....
- or diaeresis (/daɪˈɛrəsɪs, -ˈɪər-/ dy-ERR-ə-siss, -⁠EER-; also spelled dieresis or diæresis) describes the occurrence of two separate vowel sounds in adjacent...
- (disambiguation) Umlaut (disambiguation) Plural: diaereses; also spelled diæresis or dieresis mais with no diaeresis is the conjunction "but" but maïs with one is the...
- Latin letter I with dieresis...
- HTML 3.2 HTML 5.0 HTML 5.0 HTML 5.0 HTMLlat1 ISOdia diaeresis (spacing dieresis, double dot); see also Germanic umlaut © © © U+00A9 HTML 3.2...
- licenses one must consider three kinds of phenomena: (1) syneresis, (2) dieresis and (3) hiatus Syneresis. A diphthong is made from two consecutive vowels...
- means to differentiate graphemes, various English dictionaries list the dieresis as optional (as in naive and naïve) despite the juxtaposition of a and...
- left of the letter rather than above it. Unlike other diacritics, the dieresis is kept above letters also in uppercase. Different conventions exist for...
- front vowels are not umlauts, though the graphemes ⟨ä⟩ and ⟨ö⟩ feature dieresis. Consonant gradation is a partly nonproductive lenition process for P,...