Diaeresis

Diaeresis

Two dots placed over a Latin vowel to indicate that the vowel is pronounced as a separate syllable (as in the word “naïve”). Typically used when two vowels are adjacent, but should be pronounced separately rather than as a diphthong.

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diaeresis

Computer; Software; Unicode standard

Two horizontal dots over a letter, as in naïve. The diaeresis is not distinguished from the umlaut in the Unicode character encoding.

diaeresis

Literature; Poetry

The pronunciation of two adjacent vowels as separate sounds rather than as a dipthong, as in coordinate; also, the mark indicating the separate pronunciation, as in naïve.

diaeresis

Software; Translation & localization; Internationalization (I18N)

Two dots placed over a Latin vowel to indicate that the vowel is pronounced as a separate syllable (as in the word “naïve”). Typically used when two vowels are adjacent, but ...

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When a part of communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language

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