diéresis-Diaeresis: meaning, definitions and translations

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What is diéresis? diéresis is Diaeresis

What is Diaeresis?

  • f. Signo ortográfico (¨) que se pone sobre la u de las sílabas gue, gui, para indicar que esta vocal debe pronunciarse: lingüística.

    f. Orthographic sign ( ̈) that is placed on the u of the syllables gue, gui, to indicate that this vowel must be pronounced: linguistic.

  • métr. Licencia poética que permite, en un verso, deshacer un diptongo para obtener dos sílabas métricas.♦ No varía en pl.

    métr. Poetic license that allows, in a verse, to undo a diphthong to obtain two metric syllables. ♦ It does not vary in pl.

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