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noun

Dieresis, Diaeresis n. (pl. diaereses or diereses)

(Gram.) The separation or resolution of one syllable into two; the opposite of synaeresis.

A mark consisting of two dots, placed over the second of two adjacent vowels, to denote that they are to be pronounced as distinct letters; as, coöperate, aerial.

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Etymology of 'Dieresis'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... "black." And then they change long [Greek letter] into [Greek letter], as[Greek omitted] for [Greek omitted], "Juno," and for [Greek omitted], Minerva. And sometimes they change [Greek letter] into [Greek letter], saying for [Greek omitted], "having forgotten." Moreover, they write in full by diaeresis words which are circumflexed, for [Greek omitted], "intelligent," [Greek omitted]. In the same way they lengthen genitive singulars in [Greek omitted], as [Greek omitted], and genitive feminines in [Greek omitted], as [Greek omitted], ...

— Essays and Miscellanies - The Complete Works Volume 3 • Plutarch

Words linked to "Dieresis" : diaeresis, umlaut, diacritical mark