DIAERESIS; DIERESIS

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The separation or resolution of one syllable into two; -- the opposite of synæresis.

2.
n.

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, aërial.


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