DIAERESIS (diaereses, diaerses)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: diaereses    , diaerses   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does diaeresis mean? 

• DIAERESIS (noun)
  The noun DIAERESIS has 1 sense:

1. a diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel to indicate that it does not form a diphthong with an adjacent vowel

  Familiarity information: DIAERESIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIAERESIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel to indicate that it does not form a diphthong with an adjacent vowel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

diaeresis; dieresis

Hypernyms ("diaeresis" is a kind of...):

diacritic; diacritical mark (a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation)