Diaeresis (diacritic)
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A diaeresis is a diacritical mark of two dots above a glyph that, when used above a vowel in written English, indicates the vowel is pronounced with its own separate syllable as opposed to being combined with another nearby vowel as part of a diphthong.
Stats
- Unicode point:
U+0308 COMBINING DIAERESIS
Diaeresis use in English
The following words may benefit from use of a diaeresis if there is a need to clarify in writing the presence of a second syllable in two consecutive vowels.[1] This need may be present when teaching non-English speakers how to verbally read written English.
| word with diaeresis |
word | 2016 wikipedia word count[2] |
|---|---|---|
| aërial | aerial | 314 |
| aërodynamic | aerodynamic | 269 |
| aëroplane | aeroplane | 56 |
| aërosol | aerosol | 104 |
| aërostat | aerostat | 7 |
| albeït | albeit | |
| algebraïc | algebraic | |
| caveät | caveat | |
| cloäca | cloaca | |
| coëfficient | coefficient | 512 |
| coënzyme | coenzyme | 18 |
| coëvolution | co-evolution | 14 |
| coëxist | co-exist | 117 |
| coïncidence | coincidence | 174 |
| coöperation | cooperation | 1478 |
| coöpt | co-opt | 38 |
| coördinate | coordinate | 1508 |
| deällocate | de-allocate | ? |
| deïty | deity | ? |
| deörbit | deorbit | 14 |
| diëlectric | dielectric | 155 |
| diëresis | diaeresis | 11 |
| extraördinary | extraordinary | |
| formulaïc | formulaic | |
| gruël[cmt 1] | gruel | |
| hydroëlectric | hydroelectric | 128 |
| isoëlectric | isoelectric | 9 |
| meänder | meander | |
| microörganism | microorganism | 147 |
| naïve | naive | 103 |
| noöne | no-one | 34 |
| photoëlectric | photoelectric | 33 |
| piezoëlectric | piezoelectric | 59 |
| poëm | poem | 1502 |
| poëtry | poetry | 1005 |
| preämble | preamble | |
| preëminent | preeminent | 70 |
| preëmptive | preemptive | 60 |
| preënshittification | preenshittification | |
| protoöncogen | proto-oncogen | 9 |
| reällocate | reallocate | |
| reëducate | reeducate | 2 |
| reëlect | reelect | 380 |
| reëmbark | reembark | 0 |
| reëmerge | reemerge | 69 |
| reëmphasize | reemphasize | 9 |
| reëmploy | reemploy | 6 |
| reëmpower | re-empower | 0 |
| reënact | reenact | 61 |
| reënforce | re-enforce | 2 |
| reëngineer | re-engineer | 20 |
| reënlist | reenlist | 6 |
| reënter | re-enter | 119 |
| reëntry | reentry | 118 |
| reëquip | reequip | 14 |
| reëstablish | reestablish | 253 |
| reëvaluate | reevaluate | 70 |
| reëxamine | reexamine | 52 |
| reëxport | reexport | 14 |
| reïgnite | reignite | 26 |
| reïmburse | reimburse | 56 |
| reïncarnate | reincarnate | 140 |
| reïndex | reindex | 0 |
| reïnflate | reinflate | 2 |
| reïnforce | reinforce | 991 |
| reïnhabit | re-inhabit | 2 |
| reïnstall | reinstall | 37 |
| reïnstate | reinstate | 214 |
| reïntegrate | reintegrate | 42 |
| reïnterpret | reinterpret | 88 |
| reïnvent | reinvent | 51 |
| reïnvigorate | reinvigorate | 34 |
| reïssue | reissue | 174 |
| reïterate | reiterate | 80 |
| reörganize | reorganize | |
| stoïc | stoic | |
| thermoëlastic | thermoelastic | 1 |
| thermoëlectric | thermoelectric | 22 |
| triëster | triester | 1 |
| zoölogy | zoology | 59 |
History
See also
External links
References
- ↑ O'Conner, Patricia T.; Kellerman, Stewart. (2011-04-05). “Is the diaeresis driving you dotty?”. grammarphobia.com. Accessed 2023-04-17.
- ↑ “Wiktionary:Frequency lists/English/Wikipedia (2016)”. (2016). wiktionary.org. Accessed 2023-04-17.
Footnotes
Comments
- ↑ Baltakatei: 2024-08-29: See the lyrics of “Food, Glorious Food” from Oliver! (1968).
