diaeresis
Pronunciation
  • (RP) IPA: /daɪˈɛɹɪsɪs/, /daɪˈɪəɹɪsɪs/
  • (America) IPA: /daɪˈɛɹəsɪs/
Noun

diaeresis (plural diaereses)

  1. (orthography) A diacritic ( ¨ ) placed over a vowel letter (especially the second of two consecutive ones) indicating that it is sounded separately, usually forming a distinct syllable, as in the English words naïve, Noël and Brontë, the French haïr and the Dutch ruïne.
    Synonyms: trema
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  2. (linguistics, prosody) Distraction; the separation of a vowel, often a diphthong, into two distinct syllables.
  3. (prosody) A natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot, in a line of verse.
  4. (linguistics, prosody) Hiatus; the occurrence of separate vowel sounds in adjacent syllables without an intervening consonant.
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