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noun
Dieresis, Diaeresis  n.  (pl. diaereses or diereses)  
1.
(Gram.) The separation or resolution of one syllable into two; the opposite of synaeresis.
2.
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; as, coöperate, aerial.





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... principal Etymological points? Apostrophe, Caret, Dieresis, Macron, Breve, Tilde, Grave Accent, Acute Accent, Circumflex Accent, Hyphen, ...
— 1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading • B. A. Hathaway


Words linked to "Dieresis" :   diaeresis, diacritic, umlaut, diacritical mark


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