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Italian
Etymology
From Late Latin diaeresis, from Ancient Greek δῐαίρεσῐς (dĭaíresĭs).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /diˈɛ.re.zi/, /ˈdjɛ.re.zi/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɛrezi
- Hyphenation: di‧è‧re‧si, diè‧re‧si
Noun
dieresi f
- diaeresis, specifically:
- (linguistics, prosody) the separation of a vowel, often a diphthong, into two distinct syllables
- (typography) a diacritical mark (¨)
- hiatus
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