Standard Lemma guide

diaeretic

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • UK, US: /daɪəˈɹɛtɪk/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: diuretic
  • homophone: diarrhetic
  • rhymes with -ɛtɪk

1

adj

Meaning 1

Featuring diaeresis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Examples

  • The word create is dieretic, whereas creature is synaeretic.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Written with a diaeresis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Some words have many spellings: Take, for example, coordinate, which also has a hyphenated spelling variant — co-ordinate — and a dieretic one, coördinate.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Separative.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: rhetoric

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, philosophy, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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