Definitions for dieresis

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dieresis di·er·e·sis

Spelling: [dahy-er-uh-sis]

IPA: /daɪˈɛr ə sɪs/

Dieresis is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 149 anagrams from letters in dieresis (deeiirss).

Definitions for dieresis

noun

1. the separation of two adjacent vowels, dividing one syllable into two.
2. 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.
3. 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 dieresis

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 dieresis

dieresis is unpredictable; forms such as Alcathe and Pirithus are common, and have been silently corrected.

Since the ligatures and are used consistently, dieresis can be assumed even when not explicitly indicated.

Since the ligatures and are used consistently, dieresis in oe and ae can be assumed even when not explicitly indicated.

dieresis is unpredictable in both editions; forms such as Phaeton, Ocyrrhe and Dane are common, and have been silently corrected.