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dieresis

or 徱···

[ dahy-er-uh-sis ]

noun

plural diereses
  1. Linguistics, Phonetics. the separation of two adjacent vowels, dividing one syllable into two.
  2. Phonetics, Orthography. a diacritic (¨) placed over the second of two adjacent vowels to indicate separate pronunciation, as in one spelling of the older forms Բï and öٱ: 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.


dieresis

/ daɪˈɛrɪsɪs; ˌdaɪəˈrɛtɪk /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of diaeresis
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • dieretic, adjective
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Other yvlogs From

  • 徱··· [dahy-, uh, -, ret, -ik], adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of dieresis1

1605–15; < Latin diaeresis < Greek 徱í literally, distinction, division, equivalent to diaire-, stem of 徱î to divide ( di- di- 3 + 󲹾î to take) + -sis -sis
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Example Sentences

But those at The New Yorker are something else entirely, a species nova that mutated into existence in 1925 and would hurl itself off a cliff rather than forsake the dieresis in “coöperate.”

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

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At "anapest" it was a noticeable frown, at "apothem" it became very pronounced, and at "dieresis" his shaggy red brows nearly covered his eyes, he was frowning so hard.

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