Definitions for diaeresis

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diaeresis di·aer·e·sis

Spelling: [dahy-er-uh-sis]

IPA: /daɪˈɛr ə sɪs/

Diaeresis is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 314 anagrams from letters in diaeresis (adeeiirss).

Definitions for diaeresis

noun

1. dieresis.
2. the separation of two adjacent vowels, dividing one syllable into two.
3. a sign (¨) placed over the second of two adjacent vowels to indicate separate pronunciation, as in one spelling of the older forms naïve and coöperate: no longer widely used in English.
4. Prosody. the division made in a line or verse by coincidence of the end of a foot and the end of a word.

Origin of diaeresis

1605-15; Latin diaeresis Greek diaíresis literally, distinction, division, equivalent to diaire-, stem of diaireîn to divide (di- di-³ + haireîn to take) + -

Examples for diaeresis

With regard to modulation, too, the lines with diaeresis differ from those without it.

diaeresis or synaeresis may usually be employed according to the case.

With the removal of the hyphenation, these have been changed to use the diaeresis everywhere.

The letter sometimes is printed without the diaeresis as ‘o’.

The ending of a word and foot together within the verse is called a diaeresis.