dieretic

English

Alternative forms

diaeretic (UK and Commonwealth English)
diæretic (dated)

Pronunciation

(US, UK) IPA^(key): /daɪəˈɹɛtɪk/
Rhymes: -ɛtɪk

Adjective

dieretic (comparative more dieretic, superlative most dieretic)

(linguistics) Featuring diæresis.
The word create is dieretic, whereas creature is synaeretic.
Written with a diæresis.
Some words have many spellings: Take, for example, coordinate, which also has a hyphenated spelling variant — co-ordinate — and a dieretic one, coördinate.

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