dieretic

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Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 229: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /daɪəˈɹɛtɪk/
  • Rhymes: -ɛtɪk

Adjective

dieretic (comparative more dieretic, superlative most dieretic)

  1. (linguistics) Featuring diæresis.
    The word create is dieretic, whereas creature is synaeretic.
  2. 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.