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Dieresis

noun
(pl. diaereses or diereses)
1.
A diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel in German to indicate a change in sound.  Synonyms: diaeresis, umlaut.






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"Dieresis" Quotes from Famous Books



... The dieresis is transcribed by a preceding hyphen. "Employe" is replaced by "employee". The author's capitalization and spelling are followed when consistent, but probable mistakes of the typesetter ...
— Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet - An Autobiography. • John Sherman



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