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Diaeresis

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Noun

1. diaeresis, dieresis, umlaut

a diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel in German to indicate a change in sound

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Diaeresis

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noun plural -ses (-ˌsiːz)
1. 
the mark ¨, in writing placed over the second of two adjacent vowels to indicate that it is to be pronounced separately rather than forming a diphthong with the first, as in some spellings of coöperate, naïve, etc
2. 
this mark used for any other purpose, such as to indicate that a special pronunciation is appropriate to a particular vowel
Compare umlaut
3. 
a pause in a line of verse occurring when the end of a foot coincides with the end of a word

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Diaeresis

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noun
alt. sp. of
dieresis

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Diaeresis

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n.
Variant of dieresis.

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