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Dieresis   Listen
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.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Dieresis" Quotes from Famous Books



... "black." And then they change long [Greek letter] into [Greek letter], as[Greek omitted] for [Greek omitted], "Juno," and for [Greek omitted], Minerva. And sometimes they change [Greek letter] into [Greek letter], saying for [Greek omitted], "having forgotten." Moreover, they write in full by diaeresis words which are circumflexed, for [Greek omitted], "intelligent," [Greek omitted]. In the same way they lengthen genitive singulars in [Greek omitted], as [Greek omitted], and genitive feminines in [Greek omitted], as [Greek omitted], ...
— Essays and Miscellanies - The Complete Works Volume 3 • Plutarch



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



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