dieretic
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- (US, UK) IPA(key): /daɪəˈɹɛtɪk/
- Homophones: diuretic, diarrhetic
- Rhymes: -ɛtɪk
Adjective edit
dieretic (comparative more dieretic, superlative most dieretic)
- (linguistics) Featuring diaeresis.
- Written with a diaeresis.
- Some words have many spellings: Take, for example, coordinate, which also has a hyphenated spelling variant — co-ordinate — and a dieretic one, coördinate.
Usage notes edit
The words dieretic and diuretic can sound alike depending on a speaker's accent.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French diérétique.
Adjective edit
dieretic m or n (feminine singular dieretică, masculine plural dieretici, feminine and neuter plural dieretice)
Declension edit
Declension of dieretic
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | dieretic | dieretică | dieretici | dieretice | ||
definite | diereticul | dieretica | diereticii | diereticele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | dieretic | dieretice | dieretici | dieretice | ||
definite | diereticului | diereticei | diereticilor | diereticelor |