In phonology, hiatus ( hy-AY-təs) or diaeresis ( dy-ERR-ə-siss, -EER-; also spelled dieresis or diæresis) describes the occurrence of two separate vowel sounds in adjacent syllables with no intervening consonant. When two vowel sounds instead occur together as part of a single syllable, the result is called a diphthong.
In phonology, hiatus ( hy-AY-təs) or diaeresis ( dy-ERR-ə-siss, -EER-; also spelled dieresis or diæresis) describes the occurrence of two separate vowel sounds in adjacent syllables with no intervening consonant. When two vowel sounds instead occur together as part of a single syllable, the result is called a diphthong.
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