dieresis
Two vowel dots
A dieresis is the pair of dots placed over a vowel to indicate it should be pronounced separately from an adjacent vowel: *naïve*, *coöperate*, *Brontë*.
The mark distinguishes sounds that might otherwise blend.
Most publications have abandoned it, but *The New Yorker* famously retains it.
Also spelled diaeresis.
Double-dot diacritical mark
- accentRegional speech pattern
- glyphVisual form of character
- markingIndicating with symbols
- acuteIntensely severe or perceptive
grave · circumflex · tilde · cedilla · breve · naïve · coöperate · Noël
Break in activity
- phonologyScience of language sounds
- vowelUnobstructed speech sound
- digraphTwo letters, one sound
- diphthongComplex vowel gliding between positions
prosody · phonetics · grapheme · segmental · elision · vocalic · monophthong
Character style set
- glyphVisual form of character
- characterNature, symbol, or role
- diacriticalRelating to accent marks
- typesetArrange text for printing
Break in activity
- syllabificationDivision into spoken units
- articulationClear vocal expression
- enunciationClarity of spoken words
- disyllableTwo-syllable term
coöperation · naïveté · Zoë
Double-dot diacritical mark
- GoetheGerman poet-dramatist, 1749-1832
- DüsseldorfNorth Rhine-Westphalia's capital
umlaut
Double-dot diacritical mark
acute · grave · circumflex · tilde · cedilla · breve · naïve · coöperate · Noël · Brontë
hiatus
Break in activity
diphthong · prosody · phonetics · grapheme · segmental · elision · vocalic · monophthong
font
Character style set
- glyphVisual form of character
- characterNature, symbol, or role
- diacriticalRelating to accent marks
hiatus
Break in activity
- syllabificationDivision into spoken units
- articulationClear vocal expression
- enunciationClarity of spoken words
disyllable · coöperation · naïveté · Zoë
umlaut
Double-dot diacritical mark
- GoetheGerman poet-dramatist, 1749-1832
- DüsseldorfNorth Rhine-Westphalia's capital