dieretic

English

Alternative forms

• diaeretic (UK and Commonwealth English)
• diæretic (dated)

Pronunciation

• (US, UK) IPA^(key): /daɪəˈɹɛtɪk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Homophones: diuretic, diarrhetic
• Rhymes: -ɛtɪk

Adjective

dieretic (comparative more dieretic, superlative most dieretic)

1. (linguistics) Featuring diaeresis.

   The word create is dieretic, whereas creature is synaeretic.

2. Written with a diaeresis.

   Some words have many spellings: Take, for example, coordinate, which also has a hyphenated spelling variant — co-ordinate — and a dieretic one, coördinate.

Usage notes

The words dieretic and diuretic can sound alike depending on a speaker's accent.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French diérétique.

Adjective

dieretic m or n (feminine singular dieretică, masculine plural dieretici, feminine and neuter plural dieretice)

1. (dated) corrosive

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	dieretic		dieretică		dieretici	dieretice
	definite	diereticul		dieretica		diereticii	diereticele
genitive- dative	indefinite	dieretic		dieretice		dieretici	dieretice
	definite	diereticului		diereticei		diereticilor	diereticelor