Crossword-Solution: DIAERESIS
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Diaeresis | n. | Alt. of Dieresis |
We have 5 clues for the answer “DIAERESIS”
| Clue | Answers |
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| MAKE over vowel | 1 answer |
| Vowel mark that looks identical to an umlaut | 1 answer |
| diacritical | 6 answers |
| ACCENT ___ | 57 answers |
| Mark | 94 answers |
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Kind of apple
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EEATR
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with DIAERESIS (5)
Accented, etc., characters are indicated by symbols contained in curly brackets, e.g.: {e/} = lower-case e + acute accent (pointing up to right) {e\} = lower-case e + grave accent (pointing up to left) {o^} = lower-case o + circumflex accent {o"} = lower-case o + diaeresis mark {e~} = lower-case e + tilde {ae} = lower-case ae diphthong {Ae} = ae diphthong with initial capital {AE} = fully capitalized ae diphthong etc.
When it does not close a syllable, a diaeresis above the n, or else the Spanish _tilde (n)_ indicates the sound.
Proof of this is to be found in the confession of linguists, that there are no truly phonetic laws of the hiatus, of cacophony, of diaeresis, of synaeresis, but merely laws of taste and convenience; that is to say, _aesthetic_ laws.
The diaeresis is placed over _u_ in "güe" and "güi" when the _u_ is to be sounded.[5] [Footnote 5: In poetry also to divide an ordinary diphthong into two syllables for the sake of rhythm.] Tilde.
This is called the Bucolic Diaeresis, as it was borrowed by the Romans from the Bucolic poetry of the Greeks.