9 Letter Words for Diaeresis
diaeresis
8 Letter Words for Diaeresis
airsides, dieresis, seasider
7 Letter Words for Diaeresis
aerides, aieries, airside, dairies, daisies, dearies, desires, diaries, disease, readies, resedas, resides, seaside
6 Letter Words for Diaeresis
aeried, aeries, aiders, aredes, arised, arises, asides, daisee, daises, dassie, deairs, deares, deesis, desire, dieses, diesis, easers, easier, easies, eiders, erased, erases, esseda, essera, idesia, irades, irides, irised, irises, raised, raises, rediae, redias, reises, resaid, reseda, reside, resids, saired, seared, seased, seders, seised, serais, series, siders
5 Letter Words for Diaeresis
aedes, aerie, aesir, aider, aides, aired, arede, aries, arise, arsed, arsis, aside, assed, dairi, dares, darii, daris, deair, deare, dears, deess, deres, dessa, desse, disas, drees, dress, drias, dries, eards, eared, eased, easer, eases, eider, erade, erase, erses, essed, ideas, irade, irids, isere, issei, radii, raids, raise, rasse, reads, reais, redes, redia, reeds, resid, rides, rises, rissa, sades, sadis, saids, sairs, sards, sared, saris, seare, sears, sease, seder, sedes, seeds, seers, seirs, seise, serai, sered, seres, sidas, sider, sides, sidia, sired, sires, siris
4 Letter Words for Diaeresis
aide, aids, aire, airs, ards, ared, ares, arid, aris, asse, assi, daer, daes, dais, dare, dari, dase, dasi, dear, deas, deer, dees, deia, deis, dere, desi, dess, dias, dier, dies, dire, disa, dree, drie, dsri, eadi, eard, ears, ease, edea, eide, eira, eire, eras, ered, eres, eria, erie, eris, erse, eses, esse, iare, idea, idee, ides, ired, ires, irid, iris, ised, isis, rade, rads, raid, rais, read, rede, reds, reed, rees, rias, ride, rids, ries, rise, sade, sadi, sadr, said, sair, sais, sard, sare, sari, sars, sear, seas, seed, seer, sees, seir, seis, sere, sers, sese, sida, side, sidi, sids, sier, sire, siri, sirs, sise, sisi, sris, ssed
3 Letter Words for Diaeresis
ade, ads, aer, aes, aid, air, ais, ard, are, ars, ase, ass, dae, dar, das, dea, dee, dei, der, des, dia, die, dir, dis, dsr, ead, ear, eas, eds, eer, eir, era, erd, ere, ers, esd, ese, esr, ess, ida, ide, ids, ira, ire, irs, ise, rad, rai, ras, rea, red, ree, rei, res, ria, rid, rie, sad, sai, sar, sds, sea, sed, see, sei, ser, sie, sir, sis, sri, sse
Definitions for Diaeresis
[1] dieresis.
[2] the separation of two adjacent vowels, dividing one syllable into two.
[3] 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.
[4] Prosody . the division made in a line or verse by coincidence of the end of a foot and the end of a word.
[5] the mark ¨, in writing placed over the second of two adjacent vowels to indicate that it is to be pronounced separately rather than forming a diphthong with the first, as in some spellings of coöperate , naïve , etc
[6] this mark used for any other purpose, such as to indicate that a special pronunciation is appropriate to a particular vowel Compare umlaut
[7] a pause in a line of verse occurring when the end of a foot coincides with the end of a word
[8] a variant spelling of diaeresis
Words nearby Diaeresis
diadic, diadochi, diadochokinesia, diadochy, diadromous, diaeresis, diag., diagenesis, diageotropic, diageotropism, diaghilev
Origin of Diaeresis
eresis1605–15; < Latin diaeresis < Greek diaíresis literally, distinction, division, equivalent to diaire-, stem of diaireîn to divide (di- di-3 + haireîn to take) + -sis -sis
Other words from Diaeresis
di·ae·ret·ic [dahy-uh -ret -ik] /ˌdaɪ əˈrɛt ɪk/ , adjective
di·e·ret·ic [dahy-uh -ret -ik] /ˌdaɪ əˈrɛt ɪk/ , adjective
Word origin for Diaeresis
C17: from Latin diarēsis , from Greek diairesis a division, from diairein , from dia- + hairein to take; compare heresy
