🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

분음부호

Pronunciation / Transliteration: bun-eum-bu-ho

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Dieresis/daɪˈɛr.ə.sɪs/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #45200 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"분음부호는 두 모음을 따로 발음해야 함을 나타낸다."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 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. 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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