Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Dieresis \Di*er"e*sis\, n. [NL.]
Same as {Di[ae]resis}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Diaeresis \Di*[ae]r"e*sis\, Dieresis \Di*er"e*sis\ (?; 277), n.;
pl. {Di[ae]reses} or {Diereses}. [L. diaeresis, Gr. ?, fr. ?
to divide; dia` through, asunder + ? to take. See {Heresy}.]
1. (Gram.) The separation or resolution of one syllable into
two; -- the opposite of syn[ae]resis.
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2. A mark consisting of two dots [[umlaut]], placed over the
second of two adjacent vowels, to denote that they are to
be pronounced as distinct letters; as, co["o]perate,
a["e]rial.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dieresis
n 1: a diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel in German
to indicate a change in sound [syn: {umlaut}, {dieresis},
{diaeresis}]
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