Definition of Diaeresis. Meaning of Diaeresis. Synonyms of Diaeresis

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Definition of Diaeresis

Diaeresis
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 Diaeresis from wikipedia

- Diaeresis (/daɪˈɛrəsɪs, -ˈɪər-/ dy-ERR-ə-siss, -⁠EER-) is a name for the two dots diacritical mark (◌̈) as used to indicate the separation of two distinct...
- Look up diaeresis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Diaeresis (dieresis, diæresis, diëresis) may refer to: Diaeresis (prosody), pronunciation of vowels...
- (lowercase ü) is a Latin script character composed of the letter U and the diaeresis diacritical mark. In some alphabets such as those of a number of Romance...
- For example, U+00F6 ö LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH DIAERESIS represents both o-umlaut and o-diaeresis. Their appearance in print or on screen may vary between...
- the letters to which they are added. Historically, English has used the diaeresis diacritic to indicate the correct pronunciation of ambiguous words, such...
- extended Latin alphabets, or the letter "o" modified with an umlaut or diaeresis. Ö, or ö, is a variant of the letter O. In many languages, the letter...
- written with the Latin alphabet; it can be read as the letter I with diaeresis, I-umlaut or I-trema. Initially in French and also in Afrikaans, Catalan...
- several extended Latin alphabets, or the letter A with an umlaut mark or diaeresis. In the International Phonetic Alphabet, it represents the open central...
- hiatus (/haɪˈeɪtəs/ hy-AY-təs) or diaeresis (/daɪˈɛrəsɪs, -ˈɪər-/ dy-ERR-ə-siss, -⁠EER-; also spelled dieresis or diæresis) describes the occurrence of two...
- two diacritics: single accent or tonos (΄) that indicates stress, and diaeresis (¨), which usually indicates a hiatus but occasionally indicates a diphthong:...