diaeresis
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diaeresis
- /daɪˈɛɹɪsɪs/ UK
- /daɪˈɪəɹɪsɪs/ UK
- /ˌdaɪ.əˈɹi.sɪs/ UK
- /daɪˈɪəɹɪsɪs/ US
- /daɪˈɛɹəsɪs/ US
Where it comes from
PIE word
*dwís
Unadapted borrowing from Late Latin diaeresis (“distribution; division of a diphthong into two syllables”), from Ancient Greek δῐαίρεσῐς (dĭaíresĭs, “distribution, division; division of a poetic line when the end of a word and a metrical foot coincide; division of a diphthong into two syllables”), from δῐαιρέω (dĭairéō, “to divide; to distinguish; to resolve a diphthong or contracted form”) + -σῐς (-sĭs, suffix forming abstract nouns or nouns of action, process, or result). Δῐαιρέω (Dĭairéō) is derived from δῐᾰ- (dĭă-, prefix meaning ‘across; through; in different directions’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dwís (“doubly, twice; in two”)) + αἱρέω (hairéō, “to grasp, seize, take”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to grasp, seize, take”)).
noun diaereses · diæresis · diaëresis · diaresis · dieresis
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A separation of one syllable (especially a vowel which is a diphthong, that is, beginning with one sound and ending with another) into two distinct syllables; distraction.
Opposite: synaeresis
- An occurrence of separate vowel sounds in adjacent syllables without an intervening consonant; a hiatus.
- The diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter (especially the second of two consecutive vowels) to indicate that it is sounded separately, usually as a distinct syllable. Diæreſis is vvhen tvvo points ouer a vovvell diuide it from another vovvel, as bouë, queuë, read bou-e, queu-e, not bo-ue, que-ue.
- A division, a separation.
- A natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse.
- An act of separating body parts or tissues which are normally together. There are four^([sic]) manners of performing the Diæreſis: viz. by Cutting, Pricking, Tearing, Dravving, and Burning.
Similar: trema
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noun
Similar: trema
Translations
Every language
noun separation of one syllable (especially a vowel which is a diphthong) into two distinct syllables
| Português | diérese |
|---|---|
| Français | diérèse |
| Deutsch | Diäresis, Diärese |
noun diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
| Español | diéresis, crema, trema |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 분음 기호 buneum giho, 트레마 teurema |
| 日本語 | ダイエリシス daierishisu, 分音符号 bun'on fugō, 分音記号 bun'on kigō, トレマ torema |
| 中文 | 分音符 fēnyīnfú, 分音符號 /分音符号 fēnyīn fúhào |
| Português | diérese, trema |
| Français | diérèse, tréma |
| Deutsch | Trema, Umlaut |
| Italiano | dieresi, iato |
| Ελληνικά | διαλυτικά dialytiká |
| Română | diereză, tremă |
| Русский | диере́зис dijerézis, две то́чки dve tóčki, трема́ tremá, умла́ут umláut, умля́ут umljáut |
| Tiếng Việt | dấu tách đôi |
| العربية | فاكة fāka |
| עברית | אומלאוט |
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title = {diaeresis},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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