dieresis : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: dieresis	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for dieresis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dieresis n a diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel in German to indicate a change in sound Synonym(s): umlaut, dieresis, diaeresis
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Di91resis \Di[91]r"esis\, Dieresis \Dier"esis\ (?; 277), n.; pl. {Di[91]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[91]resis. 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[94]perate, a[89]rial.