Diaeresis is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for DIAERESIS in dictionary:

NOUN:
• (Greek) the separation or resolution of one syllable into two, also DIERESIS
• a mark (¨) placed over a vowel to indicate that it is sounded separately, as in naïve, Brontë.
• the division of a sound into two syllables, especially by sounding a diphthong as two vowels.
• a natural rhythmic break in a line of verse where the end of a metrical foot coincides with the end of a phrase.
• Alt. of Dieresis
• a diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel in German to indicate a change in sound
• a mark (¨) placed over a vowel to indicate that it is sounded separately, as in naïve, Brontë.
• mark placed over a vowel to show that it is pronounced separately from the preceding one, for example in <em class="hi">Noël
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• a mark ¨ placed over a vowel to indicate that the vowel is pronounced in a separate syllable (as in naïve or Brontë) — compare umlaut
• mark placed over a vowel to show that it is pronounced separately from the preceding one, for example in Noël

Words related to DIAERESIS

diaereses10 diaeretic12 dieresis9

How to use DIAERESIS in a sentence

• If we write ae, oe in Philae, Adelphoe, we need the diaeresis in Aglae, Pholoe, and a name like Aeaea looks very funny in an English context.
• This is called the Bucolic Diaeresis, as it was borrowed by the Romans from the Bucolic poetry of the Greeks.

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