diaeresis

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• Received-Pronunciation: /daɪˈɛɹɪsɪs/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /daɪˈɪəɹɪsɪs/
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• General-American: /daɪˈɪəɹɪsɪs/
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• General-American: /daɪˈɛɹəsɪs/
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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”)).

125 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: diërese — separation of one syllable (especially a vowel which is a diphthong) into two distinct syllables
• Aragonese: dieresi — separation of one syllable (especially a vowel which is a diphthong) into two distinct syllables
• Bulgarian: диареза (diareza) — separation of one syllable (especially a vowel which is a diphthong) into two distinct syllables
• Catalan: dièresi — separation of one syllable (especially a vowel which is a diphthong) into two distinct syllables
• Dutch: diëresis — separation of one syllable (especially a vowel which is a diphthong) into two distinct syllables
• Dutch: diërese — separation of one syllable (especially a vowel which is a diphthong) into two distinct syllables
• Esperanto: dierezo — separation of one syllable (especially a vowel which is a diphthong) into two distinct syllables
• Finnish: diereesi — separation of one syllable (especially a vowel which is a diphthong) into two distinct syllables
• Finnish: hiatus — separation of one syllable (especially a vowel which is a diphthong) into two distinct syllables
• Finnish: tavunraja — separation of one syllable (especially a vowel which is a diphthong) into two distinct syllables
• French: diérèse — separation of one syllable (especially a vowel which is a diphthong) into two distinct syllables
• Galician: diérese — separation of one syllable (especially a vowel which is a diphthong) into two distinct syllables
• German: Diäresis — separation of one syllable (especially a vowel which is a diphthong) into two distinct syllables
• German: Diärese — separation of one syllable (especially a vowel which is a diphthong) into two distinct syllables
• Ancient Greek: διαίρεσις (diaíresis) — separation of one syllable (especially a vowel which is a diphthong) into two distinct syllables
• Hungarian: dierézis — separation of one syllable (especially a vowel which is a diphthong) into two distinct syllables
• Latin: diaeresis — separation of one syllable (especially a vowel which is a diphthong) into two distinct syllables
• Portuguese: diérese — separation of one syllable (especially a vowel which is a diphthong) into two distinct syllables
• Swedish: dieres — separation of one syllable (especially a vowel which is a diphthong) into two distinct syllables
• Swedish: dieresis — separation of one syllable (especially a vowel which is a diphthong) into two distinct syllables
• Afrikaans: deelteken — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Arabic: فاكة (fāka) — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Aragonese: dieresi — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Asturian: diéresis — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Basque: dieresi — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Breton: daouboent — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Bulgarian: трема (trema) — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Bulgarian: диареза (diareza) — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Catalan: dièresi — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Chinese Mandarin: 分音符 (fēnyīnfú) — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Chinese Mandarin: 分音符號 /分音符号 (fēnyīn fúhào) — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Czech: diereze — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Czech: dvě tečky — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Czech: rozlučník — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Czech: trema — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Dutch: trema — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Esperanto: dierezo — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Esperanto: tremao — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Finnish: treema — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Finnish: yläpuolinen pistepari — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• French: diérèse — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• French: tréma — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• West-Frisian: dielteken — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• West-Frisian: trema — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Galician: diérese — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• German: Trema — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• German: Umlaut — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Greek: διαλυτικά (dialytiká) — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Ancient Greek: τρη̂μα (trêma) — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Hebrew: אומלאוט — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Hungarian: tréma — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Hungarian: umlaut — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Icelandic: tvídepill — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Ido: tremao — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Indonesian: diaresis — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Irish: déiréis — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Irish: idirphonc — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Irish: ionnlach — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Italian: dieresi — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Italian: iato — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Japanese: ダイエリシス (daierishisu) — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Japanese: 分音符号 (bun'on fugō) — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Japanese: 分音記号 (bun'on kigō) — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Japanese: トレマ (torema) — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Korean: 분음 기호 (buneum giho) — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Korean: 트레마 (teurema) — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Latin: diaeresis — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Malagasy: tendro kambana — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Occitan: punt de dierèsi — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Occitan: trèma — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Persian: دونقطه — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Polish: diereza — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Polish: dwie kropki — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Polish: umlaut — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Portuguese: diérese — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Portuguese: trema — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Romanian: diereză — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Romanian: tremă — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Russian: диере́зис (dijerézis) — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Russian: две то́чки (dve tóčki) — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Russian: трема́ (tremá) — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Russian: умла́ут (umláut) — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Russian: умля́ут (umljáut) — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Scottish Gaelic: dà-lid — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Sicilian: dièresi — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Slovak: dieréza — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Slovak: dve bodky — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Slovak: rozluka — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Slovak: tréma — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Spanish: diéresis — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Spanish: crema — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Spanish: trema — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Sranan Tongo: diaraesis — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Swedish: trema — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Tajik: диерезис (diyerezis) — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Ukrainian: дієрезис (dijerezys) — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Ukrainian: трема́ (tremá) — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Vietnamese: dấu tách đôi — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Welsh: didolnod — diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately
• Belarusian: дыярэ́за (dyjaréza) — natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse
• Breton: diairezenn — natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse
• Dutch: diëresis — natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse
• Dutch: diërese — natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse
• Esperanto: dierezo — natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse
• Finnish: diereesi — natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse
• French: diérèse — natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse
• German: Diäresis — natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse
• German: Diärese — natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse
• Greek: μερισμός (merismós) — natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse
• Ancient Greek: μερῐσμός (merĭsmós) — natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse
• Hungarian: dierézis — natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse
• Italian: dieresi — natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse
• Kazakh: диереза (diereza) — natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse
• Kazakh: шығарып тастау (şyğaryp tastau) — natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse
• Kyrgyz: диэреза (diereza) — natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse
• Latin: diaeresis — natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse
• Portuguese: diérese — natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse
• Romanian: diereză — natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse
• Russian: диере́за (dijeréza) — natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse
• Slovak: dieréza — natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse
• Spanish: dialefa — natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse
• Swedish: dieres — natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse
• Swedish: dieresis — natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse
• Ukrainian: дієре́за (dijeréza) — natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse
• Finnish: erottaminen — act of separating body parts or tissues which are normally together