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ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Noun
Pronunciation: /daɪˈɛɹɪsɪs/

Definition 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.
Wiktionary-listed antonyms: synaeresis
Labels: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, prosody, sciences, countable, uncountable

Definition 2:
• An occurrence of separate vowel sounds in adjacent syllables without an intervening consonant; a hiatus.
Labels: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, prosody, sciences, countable, uncountable

Definition 3:
• The diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter (especially the second of two consecutive vowels) to indicate that it is sounded separately, usually as a distinct syllable.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: trema, umlaut
Labels: communications, journalism, literature, media, orthography, publishing, writing, countable, uncountable

Definition 4:
• A division, a separation.
Labels: countable, figuratively, rare, rhetoric, uncountable

Definition 5:
• A natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse.
Labels: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, prosody, sciences, countable, uncountable

Definition 6:
• An act of separating body parts or tissues which are normally together.
Labels: medicine, sciences, surgery, archaic, countable, uncountable

Source and attribution
Wiktionary contributors, via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Derived from Wiktionary; CC BY-SA and GFDL terms apply. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/diaeresis