Diaereses

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Diaeresis \Di*[ae]r"e*sis\, Dieresis \Di*er"e*sis\ (?; 277), n.;
     pl. {Di[ae]reses} or {Diereses}. [L. diaeresis, Gr. ?, fr. ?
     to divide; dia` through, asunder + ? to take. See {Heresy}.]
     1. (Gram.) The separation or resolution of one syllable into
        two; -- the opposite of syn[ae]resis.
        [1913 Webster]


  
     2. A mark consisting of two dots [[umlaut]], placed over the
        second of two adjacent vowels, to denote that they are to
        be pronounced as distinct letters; as, co["o]perate,
        a["e]rial.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  diaeresis
       n : a diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel in German
           to indicate a change in sound [syn: {umlaut}, {dieresis}]
       [also: {diaerses} (pl), {diaereses} (pl)]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  diaereses
       See {diaeresis}