dieresi

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Late Latin diaeresis, from Ancient Greek δῐαίρεσῐς (diaíresis).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /diˈɛ.re.zi/, /ˈdjɛ.re.zi/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɛrezi
  • Hyphenation: di‧è‧re‧si, diè‧re‧si

Noun

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dieresi f

  1. diaeresis, specifically:
  2. (linguistics, prosody) the separation of a vowel, often a diphthong, into two distinct syllables
    1. (typography) a diacritical mark (¨)
  3. hiatus

References

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  1. ^ dieresi in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

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