di·aer·e·sis

(dī-ĕr′ĭ-sĭs)

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diaeresis

(daɪˈɛrɪsɪs) or

dieresis

n, pl -ses (-ˌsiːz)

1. (Phonetics & Phonology) the mark ¨, in writing placed over the second of two adjacent vowels to indicate that it is to be pronounced separately rather than forming a diphthong with the first, as in some spellings of coöperate, naïve, etc

2. (Phonetics & Phonology) this mark used for any other purpose, such as to indicate that a special pronunciation is appropriate to a particular vowel. Compare umlaut

3. (Poetry) a pause in a line of verse occurring when the end of a foot coincides with the end of a word

[C17: from Latin diarēsis, from Greek diairesis a division, from diairein, from dia- + hairein to take; compare heresy]

diaeretic, dieretic adj

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di•er•e•sis

or di•aer•e•sis

(daɪˈɛr ə sɪs)

n., pl. -ses (-ˌsiz)

1. a sign (¨) placed over the second of two adjacent vowels to indicate that it is to be pronounced separately, as in the spellings naïve and coöperate.

2. the division made in a line or verse by coincidence of the end of a foot and the end of a word.

[1605–15; < Latin diaeresis < Greek diaíresis literally, distinction, division =diaire-, s. of diaireîn to divide (di- di-³ + haireîn to take) + -sis -sis]

di`e•ret′ic (-əˈrɛt ɪk) adj.

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Noun

diaeresis - a diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel in German to indicate a change in sound

dieresis, umlaut

diacritic, diacritical mark - a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation

Translations

DiäreseDiäresis

分音符号

분음 기호

diëresistrema

diérese

diaeresis

dieresis (US) [daɪˈerɪsɪs] N (diaereses (pl)) [daɪˈerɪsiːz] → diéresis f inv

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diaeresis

[daɪˈɛrɪsɪs] n → tréma m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

diaeresis

, (US) dieresis

n → Diärese f; (= sign) → Trema nt

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diaeresis

dieresis [daɪˈɛrɪsɪs] n (diaereses, diereses (pl)) [daɪˈɛrɪsiːz] → dieresi f inv

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References in periodicals archive

Conversely, the success of the definition would not only suggest the soundness of the Stranger's metaphysics, but also further our understanding of how diaeresis (or the method of division) works.

ON THE FINAL DEFINITION OF THE SOPHIST: SOPHIST 265A10-268D5

That is why we do not list the front-back pairs of u-u, o-o one by one, only back u and o are listed, while their front pairs are represented by diaeresis (..).

The morphology of Mari negation

Cases of synalepha (elision of one word to the following) and diaeresis (separation of two vowels within the same word) are properly marked with diacritical signs.

Music from medieval Britain

There is chagrin at not being allowed to be in 'close-combat roles' yet she freely accepts continued differences based on sex and she obviously requested her publisher to retain the acute 'e' and a diaeresis over the 'i' in her Christian name.

An Officer and a Gentlewoman: The Making of a Female British Army Officer

Vietnamese names and terms are given throughout with no diacritics, except for the circum ex, which appears above the letter "e." In a few instances, a non-Vietnamese diacritic is introduced in the form of a diaeresis over the letter "i" in words like "moi" ("savage"), which thus becomes "moi." This approach is presumably meant to prevent the reader from pronouncing the word like the French "moi." The omission of diacritics is not quite consistent, however; on page 216 the word "Hong" appears, combining a huyen tone mark with a circumflex; and on page 219 we have the word "Ung." Elsewhere in the book the letters "u" and "u" are not distinguished.

Eric T. Jennings, Imperial Heights: Dalat and the Making and Undoing of French Indochina

The sequence of Unicode characters Less thanU+OO61 "a" LATIN SMALL LETTER A, U+0308 ''{:';''COMBINING DIAERESIS, U+OO75 "u" LATIN SMALL LETTER Ugreater than unambiguously represents "au" and not "aft", as shown in Figure 2-18.

Ghost Characters Atomization- Combination Theory

Diacritical marks in mineral names include the acute accent (e.g., in andremeyerite), the grave accent (e.g., in cesarolite), the circumflex accent (e.g., in laforetite), the double acute accent (unique to Hungarian) (e.g., in felsobanyaite), the cedilla (e.g., in francoisite), the ring (e.g., in haleniusite), the caron (e.g., in cechite), the trema (or umlaut or diaeresis) (e.g., in moeloite), the tilde (e.g., in ordonezite), the bar (or slash) (e.g., in j0rgensenite), and the apostrophe (e.g., in d'ansite).

Tidying up mineral names: an IMA-CNMNC scheme for suffixes, hyphens and diacritical marks; Mineral names which do not conform to the current nomenclature guidelines of the Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification have to be corrected, and in the future a suffix-based nomenclature is to be used for new mineral names

(46) O'Donnell 1984, ad loc: "hemiepes + adonic with diaeresis."

Literary anamnesis: Boethius remembers Ovid

270 and 273 are given the correct syllable count by the inappropriate addition of a diaeresis to 'piert' ('it appears') and 'oire' ('journey') respectively.

The History of the Holy War: Ambroise's 'Estoire de la Guerre Sainte'