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Definition dieresis in American English

dieresis noun

[countable] noun
/daɪˈerəsɪs/
1

the symbol ¨ put above a vowel that follows another vowel to show that it is pronounced separately from the other vowel, for example in the word "naïve"

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Definition dieresis in American English