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dieresis
noun(di-er-e-sis)
a mark ¨ placed over a vowel to indicate that the vowel is pronounced in a separate syllable (as in naïve or Brontë)
dieresis
noun(di-er-e-sis)
the break in a verse caused by the coincidence of the end of a foot with the end of a word
dieresis
noun(di-er-e-sis)
a mark ¨ placed over a vowel to indicate that the vowel is pronounced in a separate syllable (as in naïve or Brontë)
dieresis
noun(di-er-e-sis)
the break in a verse caused by the coincidence of the end of a foot with the end of a word

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