Definition of "diaeresis" in Anglais

noun

1. A separation of one syllable (especially a vowel which is a diphthong, that is, beginning with one sound and ending with another) into two distinct syllables; distraction.

2. An occurrence of separate vowel sounds in adjacent syllables without an intervening consonant; a hiatus.

3. (figurative, rare) A division, a separation.

4. (prosody) A natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse.

5. (surgery, archaic) An act of separating body parts or tissues which are normally together.