Dictionary Entry
dieresis
dieresis is a 8-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The separation or resolution of one syllable into two; -- the opposite of synaeresis. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 9 · 4 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The separation or resolution of one syllable into two; -- the opposite of synaeresis.
- 2noun
A mark consisting of two dots [/], placed over the second of two adjacent vowels, to denote that they are to be pronounced as distinct letters; as, cooperate, aerial.
- 3noun
Same as Diaeresis.
- 4noun
a diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel in German to indicate a change in sound
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