diaeresis
[ dahy-er-uh-sis ]
/ daɪˈɛr ə sɪs /
noun, plural di·aer·e·ses [dahy-er-uh-seez] /daɪˈɛr əˌsiz/.
OTHER WORDS FROM diaeresis
di·ae·ret·ic [dahy-uh-ret-ik] /ˌdaɪ əˈrɛt ɪk/, adjectiveWords nearby diaeresis
diadic,
diadochi,
diadochokinesia,
diadochy,
diadromous,
diaeresis,
diag.,
diagenesis,
diageotropic,
diageotropism,
diaghilev
British Dictionary definitions for diaeretic
diaeresis
dieresis
/ (daɪˈɛrɪsɪs) /
noun plural -ses (-ˌsiːz)
the mark ¨, in writing placed over the second of two adjacent vowels to indicate that it is to be pronounced separately rather than forming a diphthong with the first, as in some spellings of coöperate, naïve, etc
this mark used for any other purpose, such as to indicate that a special pronunciation is appropriate to a particular vowel
Compare umlaut
a pause in a line of verse occurring when the end of a foot coincides with the end of a word
Derived forms of diaeresis
diaeretic or dieretic (ˌdaɪəˈrɛtɪk), adjectiveWord Origin for diaeresis
C17: from Latin
diarēsis, from Greek
diairesis a division, from
diairein, from
dia- +
hairein to take; compare
heresy