Diaeresis

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  • noun. undefined
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. See dieresis.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The separation or resolution of one syllable into two; -- the opposite of synæresis.
  • noun. A mark consisting of two dots [¨], placed over the second of two adjacent vowels, to denote that they are to be pronounced as distinct letters.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A diacritic placed over a vowel letter indicating that it is sounded separately, usually forming a distinct syllable, as in naïve, Noël, Brontë.
  • noun. The separation of a vowel, often a diphthong, into two distinct syllables.
  • noun. A natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot, in a line of verse.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel in German to indicate a change in sound
    • Word Usage
    "The term diaeresis earlier diæresis, US dieresis derives from a Greek word meaning 'divide' or 'separate'."
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    umlaut  
    Equivalent
    dieresis  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    diacritic  diacritical mark  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Alexandrine  accent  accentuation  amphibrach  amphimacer  
    variant
    diaereses  diaerses  
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