Trema

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtɹɛmÉ™/, /ˈtɹiːmÉ™/

Alternative forms

• tréma

Origin

Ancient Greek τρῆμα (trêma, "hole"), from τετραίνω (tetraínō, "perforate"), used for the dots on dice, via Dutch trema and French tréma.

Full definition of trema

Noun

1. a diacritic consisting of two dots ( ¨ ) placed over a letter, used among other things to indicate umlaut or diaeresis.The Trema is a diacritic that I have to add to the letter like an accent. So to catalog correctly your system has to offer you Trema and Umlaut. — Donald Pisani, http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=MAPI.Id.0016.00627770692020203737363630303546%40MAPI.to.RFC822&output=gplainIf the tone is not falling, then a macron or trema is written above the vowel: màtö. — Rob Nierse, http://listserv.brown.edu/archives/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9909D&L=conlang&P=R8167

Anagrams

• mater
• METAR
• metra
• tamer