trema

Not valid in Scrabble

It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
7
Words With Friends
8
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈtɹiː.mə/
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/ˈtɹiː.mə/ · /ˈtɹɛm.ə/

Definition of trema

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A diacritic consisting of two dots ( ¨ ) placed over a letter, used among other things to indicate umlaut or diaeresis.

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Etymology

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

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