concept   diaeresis mark
culture   French-speaking countries
statement   In French-speaking countries, the diaeresis mark is used to indicate separate pronunciation of adjacent vowels in words.
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# Concept Culture Statement Freq.
1 diaeresis mark French-speaking countries Commonly used in French to indicate that two adjacent vowels are pronounced separately (e.g. naïf, Noël) 1
2 diaeresis mark French-speaking countries Commonly used over the letter e to indicate that it should be pronounced separately, as in the word "naïveté" 1
3 diaeresis mark French-speaking countries Used to indicate that two adjacent vowels are to be pronounced separately, such as in the word "naïve" in French. 1