Dieretic

Pronunciation

• US IPA: /daɪəˈɹɛtɪk/
• Rhymes: -É›tɪk

Alternative forms

• diaeretic UK and Commonwealth English
• diæretic dated

Full definition of dieretic

Adjective

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.