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diaeresis

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di·aer·e·sis  (d-r-ss)
n.
Variant of dieresis.

diaeresis, dieresis [daɪˈɛrɪsɪs]
n pl -ses [-ˌsiːz]
1. (Linguistics / 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. (Linguistics / 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. (Literature / Poetry) a pause in a line of verse occurring when the end of a foot coincides with the end of a word
[from Latin diarēsis, from Greek diairesis a division, from diairein, from dia- + hairein to take; compare heresy]
diaeretic , dieretic [ˌdaɪəˈrɛtɪk] adj
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Noun1.diaeresis - a diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel in German to indicate a change in sound
diacritic, diacritical mark - a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation
Translations
diaeresis dieresis (US) [daɪˈerɪsɪs] N (diaereses (pl)) [daɪˈerɪsiːz]diéresis f inv
diaeresis [daɪˈɛrɪsɪs] ntréma m
diaeresis, (US) dieresis
nDiärese f; (= sign)Trema nt
diaeresis dieresis [daɪˈɛrɪsɪs] n (diaereses, diereses (pl)) [daɪˈɛrɪsiːz]dieresi f inv


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Either way, it's The Gallery (yesterday's Fiver): can I be the 1,057th pedant to point out that's a diaeresis not an umlaut.
Dinka uses the following extended Latin characters *** U+0190 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER OPEN E and U+025B Latin Small Letter Open E *** U+0194 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER GAMMA and U+0263 LATIN SMALL LETTER GAMMA *** U+014A LATIN CAPITAL LETTER ENG and U+014B LATIN SMALL LETTER ENG *** U+0186 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER OPEN O and U+0254 LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O Dinka also uses a diaeresis with six vowels (a, e, open-e, i, o and open-o).
But the alpha iota vowel digraph is pronounced like the e in end, so a diaeresis is needed over the i.
 
 
 
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