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单词 diaeresis
释义

diaeresis

noun

di·​aer·​e·​sis dī-ˈer-ə-səs How to pronounce diaeresis (audio)
 British also  -ˈir-
variants or dieresis
plural diaereses dī-ˈer-ə-ˌsēz How to pronounce diaeresis (audio)
 British also  -ˈir-
1
: a mark ¨ placed over a vowel to indicate that the vowel is pronounced in a separate syllable (as in naïve or Brontë) compare umlaut
2
: the break in a verse caused by the coincidence of the end of a foot with the end of a word
diaeretic
ˌdī-ə-ˈre-tik How to pronounce diaeresis (audio)
adjective

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Examples include Spanish or French words like jalapeño (tilde), fiancé (acute), très (accent grave), Noël (diaeresis), façade (cedilla) or hôpital (circumflex). Marc Saltzman, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2022

Word History

Etymology

Late Latin diaeresis, from Greek diairesis, literally, division, from diairein to divide, from dia- + hairein to take

First Known Use

circa 1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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