In poetic meter, diaeresis ( dy-ERR-ə-siss, -EER-; also spelled diæresis or dieresis) has two meanings: the separate pronunciation of the two vowels in a diphthong for the sake of meter, and a division between feet that corresponds to the division between words. Synaeresis, the pronunciation of two vowels as a diphthong (or as a long vowel), is the opposite of the first definition.
In poetic meter, diaeresis ( dy-ERR-ə-siss, -EER-; also spelled diæresis or dieresis) has two meanings: the separate pronunciation of the two vowels in a diphthong for the sake of meter, and a division between feet that corresponds to the division between words. Synaeresis, the pronunciation of two vowels as a diphthong (or as a long vowel), is the opposite of the first definition.
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