diaeresis

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Noun diaeresis has 1 sense

umlaut, dieresis, diaeresis - a diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel in German to indicate a change in sound
--₁ is a kind of diacritical mark, diacritic

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Diaeresis

Noun

1. A punctuation mark consisting of two dots placed horizontally over a vowel to indicate that it is pronounced separately from the preceding vowel.

Example sentence: The diaeresis is used in the word "naïve" to indicate that both the 'i' and the 'e' are pronounced.

2. A separation or division of syllables, especially when occurring within a word.

Example sentence: The diaeresis in the word "coördinate" indicates that the second 'o' is pronounced as a separate syllable.

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