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DIERESIS (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 in German to indicate a change in sound

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

Dictionary entry details

• DIERESIS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

diaeresis; dieresis; umlaut

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

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

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