dieresis
di-er-e-sis
noun
A punctuation mark (¨) placed over a vowel, showing it is pronounced separately.
"The dieresis in 'naïve' indicates two distinct vowel sounds."
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Synonyms: diaeresis
di-er-e-sis
A punctuation mark (¨) placed over a vowel, showing it is pronounced separately.
"The dieresis in 'naïve' indicates two distinct vowel sounds."
Synonyms: diaeresis