diaeretic








< /daɪˈɛr əˌsiz/.

  1. dieresis.

noun plural -ses (-ˌsiːz)

  1. 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. this mark used for any other purpose, such as to indicate that a special pronunciation is appropriate to a particular vowelCompare umlaut
  3. a pause in a line of verse occurring when the end of a foot coincides with the end of a word
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