In modern computer systems, umlaut and diaeresis are represented identically.
Source: tatoeba (483708)
Diaeresis
//daɪˈɛɹɪsɪs//
Synonyms for "diaeresis" (89 found)
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Strong matches (27)
Related words (44)
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12 entriesTranslations
122 translations across 49 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- deelteken noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
- diërese noun (separation of one syllable (especially a vowel which is a diphthong) into two distinct syllables)
Ancient Greek
3 entries- διαίρεσις noun (separation of one syllable (especially a vowel which is a diphthong) into two distinct syllables)
- μερῐσμός noun (natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse)
- τρη̂μα noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
Arabic
1 entries- فاكة noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
Aragonese
2 entries- dieresi noun (separation of one syllable (especially a vowel which is a diphthong) into two distinct syllables)
- dieresi noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
Asturian
1 entries- diéresis noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
Basque
1 entries- dieresi noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
Belarusian
1 entries- дыярэ́за noun (natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse)
Breton
2 entries- daouboent noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
- diairezenn noun (natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse)
Bulgarian
3 entries- диареза noun (separation of one syllable (especially a vowel which is a diphthong) into two distinct syllables)
- диареза noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
- трема noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
Catalan
2 entries- dièresi noun (separation of one syllable (especially a vowel which is a diphthong) into two distinct syllables)
- dièresi noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 分音符 noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
- 分音符號 /分音符号 noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
Czech
4 entries- diereze noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
- dvě tečky noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
- rozlučník noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
- trema noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
Dutch
4 entries- diërese noun (separation of one syllable (especially a vowel which is a diphthong) into two distinct syllables)
- diërese noun (natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse)
- diëresis noun (separation of one syllable (especially a vowel which is a diphthong) into two distinct syllables)
- diëresis noun (natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse)
Esperanto
4 entries- dierezo noun (separation of one syllable (especially a vowel which is a diphthong) into two distinct syllables)
- dierezo noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
- dierezo noun (natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse)
- tremao noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
Finnish
4 entries- diereesi noun (separation of one syllable (especially a vowel which is a diphthong) into two distinct syllables)
- diereesi noun (natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse)
- erottaminen noun (act of separating body parts or tissues which are normally together)
- hiatus noun (separation of one syllable (especially a vowel which is a diphthong) into two distinct syllables)
French
4 entries- diérèse noun (separation of one syllable (especially a vowel which is a diphthong) into two distinct syllables)
- diérèse noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
- diérèse noun (natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse)
- tréma noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
Galician
2 entries- diérese noun (separation of one syllable (especially a vowel which is a diphthong) into two distinct syllables)
- diérese noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
German
4 entries- Diärese noun (separation of one syllable (especially a vowel which is a diphthong) into two distinct syllables)
- Diärese noun (natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse)
- Diäresis noun (separation of one syllable (especially a vowel which is a diphthong) into two distinct syllables)
- Diäresis noun (natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse)
Greek
2 entries- διαλυτικά noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
- μερισμός noun (natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse)
Hebrew
1 entries- אומלאוט noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
Hungarian
4 entries- dierézis noun (separation of one syllable (especially a vowel which is a diphthong) into two distinct syllables)
- dierézis noun (natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse)
- tréma noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
- umlaut noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
Icelandic
1 entries- tvídepill noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
Ido
1 entries- tremao noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
Indonesian
1 entries- diaresis noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
Irish
3 entries- déiréis noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
- idirphonc noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
- ionnlach noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
Italian
3 entries- dieresi noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
- dieresi noun (natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse)
- iato noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
Japanese
4 entries- ダイエリシス noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
- トレマ noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
- 分音符号 noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
- 分音記号 noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
Kazakh
2 entries- диереза noun (natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse)
- шығарып тастау noun (natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse)
Korean
2 entries- 분음 기호 noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
- 트레마 noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- диэреза noun (natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse)
Latin
3 entries- diaeresis noun (separation of one syllable (especially a vowel which is a diphthong) into two distinct syllables)
- diaeresis noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
- diaeresis noun (natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse)
Malagasy
1 entries- tendro kambana noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
Occitan
2 entries- punt de dierèsi noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
- trèma noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
Persian
1 entries- دونقطه noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
Polish
3 entries- diereza noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
- dwie kropki noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
- umlaut noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
Portuguese
4 entries- diérese noun (separation of one syllable (especially a vowel which is a diphthong) into two distinct syllables)
- diérese noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
- diérese noun (natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse)
- trema noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
Romanian
3 entries- diereză noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
- diereză noun (natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse)
- tremă noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
Russian
4 entries- две то́чки noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
- диере́за noun (natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse)
- диере́зис noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
- трема́ noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- dà-lid noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
Sicilian
1 entries- dièresi noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
Slovak
4 entries- dieréza noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
- dieréza noun (natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse)
- dve bodky noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
- rozluka noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
Spanish
3 entries- crema noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
- dialefa noun (natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse)
- diéresis noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
Sranan Tongo
1 entries- diaraesis noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
Swedish
3 entries- dieresis noun (separation of one syllable (especially a vowel which is a diphthong) into two distinct syllables)
- dieresis noun (natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse)
- trema noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
Tajik
1 entries- диерезис noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
Ukrainian
3 entries- дієре́за noun (natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse)
- дієрезис noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
- трема́ noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
Vietnamese
1 entries- dấu tách đôi noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
Welsh
1 entries- didolnod noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
West-Frisian
2 entries- dielteken noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
- trema noun (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
The Spanish words "cigüeña", "pingüino", and "vergüenza" have diaeresis.
Source: tatoeba (4520261)
Synaeresis, the opposite of Diaëresis, is the throwing of two syllables into one; as, Seest for seëst. Looked for look-ed.
Source: wiktionary
Diæreſis is vvhen tvvo points ouer a vovvell diuide it from another vovvel, as bouë, queuë, read bou-e, queu-e, not bo-ue, que-ue.
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