diaeresis

1. (countable, uncountable)A separation of one syllable (especially a vowel which is a diphthong, that is, beginning with one sound and ending with another) into two distinct syllables; distraction.

   Diäresis, Diärese

2. (countable, uncountable)An occurrence of separate vowel sounds in adjacent syllables without an intervening consonant; a hiatus.

3. (countable, uncountable)The diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter (especially the second of two consecutive vowels) to indicate that it is sounded separately, usually as a distinct syllable.

   Trema, Umlaut

   диере́зисdijerézis, две то́чкиdve tóčki, трема́tremá

   дієрезисdijerezys, трема́tremá

   a diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel to indicate that it does not form a diphthong with an adjacent vowel

4. (countable, figuratively, rare, rhetoric, uncountable)A division, a separation.

5. (countable, uncountable)A natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse.

   Diäresis, Diärese

   диере́заdijeréza

   дієре́заdijeréza

6. (archaic, countable, uncountable)An act of separating body parts or tissues which are normally together.

1. In modern computer systems, umlaut and diaeresis are represented identically.

   ruВ современных вычислительных системах умляут и надстрочное двоеточие выглядят одинаково. — namikiri

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2. The Spanish words "cigüeña", "pingüino", and "vergüenza" have diaeresis.

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