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Dieresis   Listen
noun
Dieresis, Diaeresis  n.  (pl. diaereses or diereses)  
1.
(Gram.) The separation or resolution of one syllable into two; the opposite of synaeresis.
2.
A mark consisting of two dots, placed over the second of two adjacent vowels, to denote that they are to be pronounced as distinct letters; as, coöperate, aerial.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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