DIERESIS (diereses)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: diereses   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does dieresis mean? 

• DIERESIS (noun)
  The noun DIERESIS 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: DIERESIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIERESIS (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 ("dieresis" is a kind of...):

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