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n. - A diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel in German to indicate a change in sound.

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Usage examples (7)
  • It's out in France from Denoel can't hack diaresis on this and last Saturday won the Best Foreign Novel Prix Imaginales in Epinal in the Vosges in France.
  • (On and Eon) Ονομα αυτῳ Ἑβραϊστι: diaresis on α; in original.
  • Select Members, select the diaresis button (the 3 dots) and they should now appear in the resulting window.
  • In fact, it's pretty useful from time to time, for typing ü (diaresis + u), which isn't part of our own alphabet and thus isn't present on the keyboard, but is still...
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