diaeresis

英式发音 [daɪ'ɪərɪsɪs; -'er-] 美式发音 [daɪ'ɛərəsɪs]

一般意思：

n.[语音]分音符号

完整意思：

a sign ( ¨ ) placed over a vowel to indicate that it is pronounced separately from the preceding vowel (as in naïve) or to indicate a vowel letter that is not pronounced at all (as in Brontë)

词性：

名词

造句：

1. Thediaeresisis commonly used in French to indicate that two vowels should be pronounced separately, as in "naïve".
2. The last name "Brontë" is spelled with adiaeresisover the letter "e", but the letter is not pronounced.

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