English
Etymology
From AGr. term|scpolytonic|διαί�ε�ι�||division, split|langgrc.
Pronunciation
rfp
Homophones
diuresis
Alternative spellings
dieresis i|especially US
diæresis
Noun
en-noun|diaereses UK
- orthography A diacritic ( ¨ ) placed over the second of two consecutive vowels to indicate that the second vowel is to be pronounced separately from the preceding vowel (as in the girls� given name of Zoë). It does not indicate a diphthong, but rather that each vowel has its full quality, within the sound-context. Now an uncommon practice in English, but still used in some other languages (e.g. French: term|haïr|langfr, Dutch: term|ruïne|langnl).
Usage notes
Although this symbol has the same form as the umlaut, it has a different function and so in standard and technical usage these two terms are not interchangeable.
Synonyms
umlaut qualifier|nonstandard
trema
Translations
trans-top|diaeresis
Chinese: t|cmn|��符|scHani|xsMandarin
Dutch: t-|nl|trema|n, t|nl|diëresis|f
German: t|de|Diärese|f, t|de|Diäresis|f
Greek: t|el|διαλ��ικά|n|p|sc=Grek
trans-mid
Japanese: t-|ja|��符�|trbun'on fug�|scJpan
Korean: t|ko|�� 기�|sc=Hang
Portuguese: t|pt|diérese|m
Spanish: t|es|diéresis|f
trans-bottom
See also
umlaut
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