ALL meanings of diaeresis
di·aer·e·sis
D d - noun diaeresis 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 3
- noun diaeresis this mark used for any other purpose, such as to indicate that a special pronunciation is appropriate to a particular vowel 3
- noun diaeresis a pause in a line of verse occurring when the end of a foot coincides with the end of a word 3
- abbreviation DIAERESIS dieresis 3
- noun diaeresis (linguistics, prosody) The separation of a vowel, often a diphthong, into two distinct syllables. 1
- abbreviation DIAERESIS dieresis. 1
- noun plural diaeresis the separation of two adjacent vowels, dividing one syllable into two. 1
- noun plural diaeresis a sign (¨) placed over the second of two adjacent vowels to indicate separate pronunciation, as in one spelling of the older forms naïve and coöperate: no longer widely used in English. 1
- noun plural diaeresis Prosody. the division made in a line or verse by coincidence of the end of a foot and the end of a word. 1
- noun diaeresis (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. 0
- noun diaeresis (prosody) A natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot, in a line of verse. 0