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trema

/ˈtɹiː.mə/
/ˈtɹɛm.ə/

Rhymes with -ɛmə, -iːmə

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From Ancient Greek τρῆμα (trêma, “hole”), from τετραίνω (tetraínō, “perforate”), used for the dots on dice, via Dutch trema and French tréma.

noun tremas · tremata · tréma

A diacritic consisting of two dots ( ¨ ) placed over a letter, used among other things to indicate umlaut or diaeresis.
Similar: diaeresis

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@misc{trema_2026,
  title = {trema},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/trema},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}