[{"word":"diaeresis","phonetic":"/daɪˈɛɹɪsɪs/","phonetics":[{"text":"/daɪˈɛɹɪsɪs/","audio":""},{"text":"/daɪˈɛɹəsɪs/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"A diacritic ( ¨ ) placed over a vowel letter (especially the second of two consecutive ones) indicating that it is sounded separately, usually forming a distinct syllable, as in the English words naïve, Noël and Brontë, the French haïr and the Dutch ruïne.","synonyms":["trema"],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Distraction; the separation of a vowel, often a diphthong, into two distinct syllables.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot, in a line of verse.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Hiatus; the occurrence of separate vowel sounds in adjacent syllables without an intervening consonant.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["trema"],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/diaeresis"]}]