dieretic

di·er·e·sis

D d

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [dahy-er-uh-sis]
- /daɪˈɛr ə sɪs/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [dahy-er-uh-sis]
- /daɪˈɛr ə sɪs/

Definitions of dieretic word

noun plural dieretic the separation of two adjacent vowels, dividing one syllable into two. 1
noun plural dieretic a sign (¨) placed over the second of two adjacent vowels to indicate separate pronunciation, as in one spelling of the older forms naïve and coöperate: no longer widely used in English. 1
noun plural dieretic Prosody. the division made in a line or verse by coincidence of the end of a foot and the end of a word. 1
adjective dieretic (linguistics) Featuring diæresis. 0
adjective dieretic Written with a diæresis. 0

See all 5 definitions of dieretic

Information block about the term

Origin of dieretic

First appearance:

before 1605

One of the 40% oldest English words

1605-15; < Latin diaeresis < Greek diaíresis literally, distinction, division, equivalent to diaire-, stem of diaireîn to divide (di- di-3 + haireîn to take) + -sis -sis

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Dieretic

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Dieretic

dieretic popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 62% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

dieretic usage trend in Literature

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer