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diaeresis

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di·aer·e·sis  (d-r-ss)
n.
Variant of dieresis.
diaeresis or esp US dieresis [die-air-iss-iss, -seez]
Noun
pl -ses the mark (¨) placed over the second of two adjacent vowels to indicate that it is to be pronounced separately, as in naïve [Greek: a division]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.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
diaeresis [daɪˈɛrɪsɪs] n → tréma m
diaeresis [daɪˈɛrɪsɪs] n → Diärese f


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Classier examples are apheresis instead of aphaeresis and dieresis instead of diaeresis.
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