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10 Language-to-English Dictionariestréma
Pronunciation / Transliteration: trema
"Le tréma indique que la voyelle doit être prononcée distinctement."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A diacritical mark (two dots ¨) placed over a vowel to indicate that it is pronounced in a separate syllable rather than as part of a diphthong.
"The word 'naïve' contains a dieresis to show that the i is pronounced separately from the a." - 2
In prosody, the division of a foot between two words, or a pause within a metrical foot.
"Classical Greek poetry frequently employs a dieresis near the middle of the line."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the ancient Greek diairesis, meaning 'a dividing' or 'division', from diairein 'to divide'. It entered English via Late Latin and French in the 16th century, originally denoting the grammatical mark indicating that two adjacent vowels are to be pronounced separately rather than as a diphthong.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Dieresis" is said worldwide
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tréma
Transliteration: trema
"Le tréma indique que la voyelle doit être prononcée distinctement."
Trema
Transliteration: Trema
"Das Trema zeigt an, dass zwei benachbarte Vokale getrennt gesprochen werden."
dieresi
Transliteration: dieresi
Script: dieresi
"La dieresi indica la separazione di due vocali."
crema
Transliteration: crema
"La diéresis se usa para indicar que la letra u debe pronunciarse."
trema
Transliteration: trema
"O trema foi abolido em muitas palavras pela nova ortografia."
डाइएरेसिस
Transliteration: daieresis
"डाइएरेसिस एक स्वर चिह्न है।"
分音符号
Transliteration: fēn yīn fú hào
"分音符号用来表示两个元音要分开读。"
분음부호
Transliteration: bun-eum-bu-ho
"분음부호는 두 모음을 따로 발음해야 함을 나타낸다."
分音記号
Transliteration: bun'on kigō
"分音記号は母音を分けて発音することを示します。"
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