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10 Language-to-English DictionariesDieresis
/daɪˈɛr.ə.sɪs/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A diacritical mark (two dots ¨) placed over a vowel to indicate that it is pronounced in a separate syllable rather than as part of a diphthong.
"The word 'naïve' contains a dieresis to show that the i is pronounced separately from the a." - 2
In prosody, the division of a foot between two words, or a pause within a metrical foot.
"Classical Greek poetry frequently employs a dieresis near the middle of the line."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the ancient Greek diairesis, meaning 'a dividing' or 'division', formed from dia- ('apart') and hairein ('to take'). Entering English via Latin in the 16th century, the term originally denoted the grammatical division of a diphthong into two separate vowels, later coming to refer specifically to the diacritic mark indicating this separation.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Dieresis" is said worldwide
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tréma
Transliteration: trema
"Le tréma indique que la voyelle doit être prononcée distinctement."
Trema
Transliteration: Trema
"Das Trema zeigt an, dass zwei benachbarte Vokale getrennt gesprochen werden."
dieresi
Transliteration: dieresi
Script: dieresi
"La dieresi indica la separazione di due vocali."
crema
Transliteration: crema
"La diéresis se usa para indicar que la letra u debe pronunciarse."
trema
Transliteration: trema
"O trema foi abolido em muitas palavras pela nova ortografia."
डाइएरेसिस
Transliteration: daieresis
"डाइएरेसिस एक स्वर चिह्न है।"
分音符号
Transliteration: fēn yīn fú hào
"分音符号用来表示两个元音要分开读。"
분음부호
Transliteration: bun-eum-bu-ho
"분음부호는 두 모음을 따로 발음해야 함을 나타낸다."
分音記号
Transliteration: bun'on kigō
"分音記号は母音を分けて発音することを示します。"
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