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Vocabulary Entry
trema
|noun • verb
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N
noun
A diacritical mark (¨) used in some languages to indicate a specific pronunciation of a vowel.
Example Sentences
"The word 'naïve' uses a trema over the 'i'."
"In French, the trema is used to show that two vowels are pronounced separately."
"She added a trema to the 'u' in 'Noël' to ensure correct pronunciation."
V
verb
To place a trema over a letter, usually to indicate how to pronounce that letter.
Example Sentences
"The editor trema'd the vowels to preserve the original pronunciation."
"When translating the text, she decided to trema the 'e' to avoid confusion."
"You should trema the 'u' in 'üh' for proper phonetic representation."