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dieresis

/daɪˈɛrɪsɪs/

Translations

dieresisnoun

diereses

/daɪˈɛrɪsɪs/

The word 'naïve' contains a dieresis over the 'i'.

В слове 'naïve' над буквой 'i' стоит диэрезис.

Synonyms

dieresisnoun

A diacritical mark (¨) placed over a vowel to indicate that it is pronounced in a separate syllable.

In the word 'naïve', the dieresis over the 'i' indicates that it is pronounced in a separate syllable.

The division of two adjacent vowels into separate syllables, especially the separation of a diphthong into its constituent vowel sounds.

Some poets employ dieresis to pronounce "cooperate" as four distinct syllables.

Prosody: a break in a line of verse in which the end of a metrical foot coincides with the end of a word.

The hexameter line shows a clear dieresis after the fourth foot.