Diaeresis

Diaeresis or dieresis (both pronounced /daɪˈɛrɪsɪs/ or /daɪˈɪərɪsɪs/) may refer to:

• Diaeresis (prosody), pronunciation of vowels in a diphthong separately, or the division made in a line of poetry when the end of a foot coincides with the end of a word
• Hiatus (linguistics), two adjacent vowels, not separated by a consonant or pause and not merged into a diphthong
• Diaeresis (diacritic), a diacritic consisting of two dots that marks a hiatus

See also

• Diairesis, a term in Platonic and Stoic philosophy