diereesi — meaning in English

English meaning

• diaeresis noun In linguistics, the splitting of what would normally be one syllable, especially a diphthong, into two separate syllables, or a gap between vowel sounds in neighboring syllables with no consonant between them.

Senses

diereesi is used for these senses in English:

• diaeresis A separation of one syllable (especially a vowel which is a diphthong, that is, beginning with one sound and ending with another) into two distinct syllables; distraction.
• diaeresis (prosody) A natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse.

diaeresis — full definition

1. noun In linguistics, the splitting of what would normally be one syllable, especially a diphthong, into two separate syllables, or a gap between vowel sounds in neighboring syllables with no consonant between them.
2. noun The mark of two dots placed over a vowel, usually the second of two vowels in a row, to show that it is pronounced as its own syllable.

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