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dieresis
diaeresis
Definition: a diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel to indicate that it does not form a diphthong with an adjacent vowel
Definition: A diacritic ( ¨ ) placed over a vowel letter (especially the second of two consecutive ones) indicating that it is sounded separately, usually forming a distinct syllable, as in the English words naïve, Noël and Brontë, the French haïr and the Dutch ruïne.