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How to pronounce “diaeresis

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Pronunciation guide for diaeresis

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of diaeresis with real speech in context.
Available examples
1 YouTube example
Real speech example
The nit-picking glory of The New Yorker's Comma QueenWe put the diaeresis, the double dot, over the "i" in "naïve."
Definition summary
(linguistics, prosody)

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How to pronounce diaeresis

The nit-picking glory of The New Yorker's Comma Queen

We put the diaeresis, the double dot, over the "i" in "naïve."

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “diaeresis

Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • (linguistics, prosody)
  • (figurative, rare) A division, a separation.
  • (prosody) A natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse.
  • (surgery, archaic) An act of separating body parts or tissues which are normally together.

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