Diaeresis Definition

dīerəsis
noun

Dieresis.

Webster's New World

(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.

Wiktionary

(linguistics, prosody) The separation of a vowel, often a diphthong, into two distinct syllables.

Wiktionary

(prosody) A natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot, in a line of verse.

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Other Word Forms of Diaeresis

Noun

Singular:
diaeresis
Plural:
diaereses

Origin of Diaeresis

  • From Ancient Greek διαίρεσις (diairesis, “division, split”), from διά (dia, “apart”) + αἱρέω (aireō, “I take”).

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Words Starting With

DDIDIA

Words Ending With

SISSIS

Unscrambles

diaeresis

Words Starting With D and Ending With S

Starts With D & Ends With SStarts With DI & Ends With SStarts With D & Ends With IS

Word Length

9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With D9 Letter Words Ending With S