diaeresis Meaning & Definition
What Does Diaeresis Mean?
As a noun, diaeresis means A separation of one syllable (especially a vowel which is a diphthong, that is, beginning with one sound and ending with another) into two distinct syllables; distraction. It can also mean An occurrence of separate vowel sounds in adjacent syllables without an intervening consonant; a hiatus.
Diaeresis Definition (Noun)
- A separation of one syllable (especially a vowel which is a diphthong, that is, beginning with one sound and ending with another) into two distinct syllables; distraction.
- An occurrence of separate vowel sounds in adjacent syllables without an intervening consonant; a hiatus.
- The diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter (especially the second of two consecutive vowels) to indicate that it is sounded separately, usually as a distinct syllable.
- A division, a separation.
- A natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse.
- An act of separating body parts or tissues which are normally together.
Noun
- A diacritic ( ¨ ) placed over a vowel letter (especially the second of two consecutive ones) indicating that it is sounded separately, usually forming a distinct syllable, as in the English words naïve, Noël and Brontë, the French haïr and the Dutch ruïne.
- Distraction; the separation of a vowel, often a diphthong, into two distinct syllables.
- Hiatus; the occurrence of separate vowel sounds in adjacent syllables without an intervening consonant.