'Diaeresis' definitions:
Definition of 'diaeresis'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Diaeresis'
From: GCIDE
- Diaeresis \Di*[ae]r"e*sis\, Dieresis \Di*er"e*sis\ (?; 277), n.; pl. Di[ae]reses or Diereses. [L. diaeresis, Gr. ?, fr. ? to divide; dia` through, asunder + ? to take. See Heresy.]
- 1. (Gram.) The separation or resolution of one syllable into two; -- the opposite of syn[ae]resis. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A mark consisting of two dots [[umlaut]], placed over the second of two adjacent vowels, to denote that they are to be pronounced as distinct letters; as, co["o]perate, a["e]rial. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'diaeresis'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accent,
- accentuation,
- Alexandrine,
- amphibrach,
- amphimacer,
- anacrusis,
- analysis,
- anapest,
- anatomy,
- antispast,
- arsis,
- bacchius,
- beat,
- breakdown,
- cadence,
- caesura,
- catalexis,
- chloriamb,
- chloriambus,
- colon,
- counterpoint,
- cretic,
- dactyl,
- dactylic hexameter,
- dimeter,
- dipody,
- dissection,
- dochmiac,
- elegiac,
- elegiac couplet,
- elegiac pentameter,
- emphasis,
- epitrite,
- feminine caesura,
- foot,
- heptameter,
- heptapody,
- heroic couplet,
- hexameter,
- hexapody,
- iamb,
- iambic,
- iambic pentameter,
- ictus,
- ionic,
- jingle,
- lilt,
- masculine caesura,
- measure,
- meter,
- metrical accent,
- metrical foot,
- metrical group,
- metrical unit,
- metron,
- molossus,
- mora,
- movement,
- numbers,
- paeon,
- pentameter,
- pentapody,
- period,
- proceleusmatic,
- pyrrhic,
- quantity,
- resolution,
- rhythm,
- spondee,
- sprung rhythm,
- stress,
- swing,
- syzygy,
- tetrameter,
- tetrapody,
- tetraseme,
- thesis,
- tribrach,
- trimeter,
- tripody,
- triseme,
- trochee