DIESIS (dieses)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: dieses   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does diesis mean? 

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

1. a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIESIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

diesis; double dagger; double obelisk

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

character; graph; grapheme; graphic symbol (a written symbol that is used to represent speech)