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Diaeresis

Diaeresis Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Diaeresis? [n] a diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel in German to indicate a change in sound Synonyms \| Synonyms for Diaeresis: dieresis \| umlaut Related Terms \| Find terms related to Diaeresis: accent \| accentuation \| Alexandrine \| amphibrach \| amphimacer \| anacrusis \| analysis \| anapest \| anatomy \| antispast \| arsis \| bacchius \| beat \| breakdown \| cadence \| caesura \| catalexis \| chloriamb \| chloriambus \| colon \| counterpoint \| cretic \| dactyl \| dactylic hexameter \| dimeter \| dipody \| dissection \| dochmiac \| elegiac \| elegiac couplet \| elegiac pentameter \| emphasis \| epitrite \| feminine caesura \| foot \| heptameter \| heptapody \| heroic couplet \| hexameter \| hexapody \| iamb \| iambic \| iambic pentameter \| ictus \| ionic \| jingle \| lilt \| masculine caesura \| measure \| meter \| metrical accent \| metrical foot \| metrical group \| metrical unit \| metron \| molossus \| mora \| movement \| numbers \| paeon \| pentameter \| pentapody \| period \| proceleusmatic \| pyrrhic \| quantity \| resolution \| rhythm \| spondee \| sprung rhythm \| stress \| swing \| syzygy \| tetrameter \| tetrapody \| tetraseme \| thesis \| tribrach \| trimeter \| tripody \| triseme \| trochee See Also \| diacritic \| diacritical mark Diaeresis In Webster's Dictionary \Di[ae]r"esis\, Dieresis \Dier"esis\ (?; 277), n.; pl. {Di[ae]reses} or {Diereses}. [L. diaeresis, Gr. ?, fr. ? to divide; dia` through, asunder + ? to take. See {Heresy}.] 1. (Gram.) The separation or resolution of one syllable into two; -- the opposite of syn[ae]resis. 2. A mark consisting of two dots [[umlaut]], placed over the second of two adjacent vowels, to denote that they are to be pronounced as distinct letters; as, co["o]perate, a["e]rial.

Diaeresis Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Diaeresis?

[n] a diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel in German to indicate a change in sound

Synonyms | Synonyms for Diaeresis: dieresis | umlaut

See Also | diacritic | diacritical mark

Diaeresis In Webster's Dictionary

\Di*[ae]r"e*sis\, Dieresis \Di*er"e*sis\ (?; 277), n.;
pl. {Di[ae]reses} or {Diereses}. [L. diaeresis, Gr. ?, fr. ?
to divide; dia` through, asunder + ? to take. See {Heresy}.]
1. (Gram.) The separation or resolution of one syllable into
   two; -- the opposite of syn[ae]resis.

2. A mark consisting of two dots [[umlaut]], placed over the
   second of two adjacent vowels, to denote that they are to
   be pronounced as distinct letters; as, co["o]perate,
   a["e]rial.

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