DIAERESIS


Meaning of DIAERESIS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

or di·er·e·sis dī-ˈer-ə-səs, Brit also -ˈir-

( plural di·aer·e·ses -ˌsēz)

Etymology: Late Latin diaeresis, from Greek diairesis, literally, division, from diairein to divide, from dia- + hairein to take

Date: circa 1611

1. : a mark ¨ placed over a vowel to indicate that the vowel is pronounced in a separate syllable (as in naïve or Brontë ) — compare umlaut

2. : the break in a verse caused by the coincidence of the end of a foot with the end of a word

• di·ae·ret·ic ˌdī-ə-ˈre-tik adjective

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