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dieresis
We have found lemma(root) word of dieresis : diaeresis.
Definitions
[dʌɪˈɛrɪsɪs], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a mark (¨) placed over a vowel to indicate that it is sounded separately, as in naïve, Brontë
- a natural rhythmic break in a line of verse where the end of a metrical foot coincides with the end of a phrase
Phrases:
Origin
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late 16th century (denoting the division of one syllable into two): via Latin from Greek diairesis ‘separation’, from diairein ‘take apart’, from dia ‘apart’ + hairein ‘take’
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