diérese

See also: diérèse

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *dwísder.

Ancient Greek διά (diá)

Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dia-)

Proto-Indo-European *ser-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *selh₁-der.?

Ancient Greek αἱρέω (hairéō)

Ancient Greek διαιρέω (diairéō)

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Ancient Greek -σις (-sis)

Ancient Greek δῐαίρεσῐς (diaíresis)bor.

Latin diaeresislbor.

Portuguese diérese

Learned borrowing from Latin diaeresis.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈɛ.ɾe.zi/ [d͡ʒɪˈɛ.ɾe.zi], (faster pronunciation) /ˈd͡ʒjɛ.ɾe.zi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈɛ.ɾe.zi/ [d͡ʒɪˈɛ.ɾe.zi], (faster pronunciation) /ˈd͡ʒjɛ.ɾe.zi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈɛ.ɾe.ze/ [d͡ʒɪˈɛ.ɾe.ze], (faster pronunciation) /ˈd͡ʒjɛ.ɾe.ze/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdjɛ.ɾɨ.zɨ/

Noun

diérese f (plural diéreses)

1. (linguistics, prosody) diaeresis (separation of a vowel into two distinct syllables)
2. (orthography) diaeresis (name of the diacritic ¨)

   Synonym: trema