单词 | diesis |
释义 | diesis[ dahy-uh-sis ] / ˈdaɪ ə sɪs / noun, plural di·e·ses [dahy-uh-seez]. /ˈdaɪ əˌsiz/. Printing.double dagger. Origin of diesis1350–1400; originally, any of several musical intervals smaller than a tone (for which a double dagger was used as a symbol); Middle English <Latin di(h)esis<Greek díesis literally, a sending through, equivalent to die-, base of diïénai to send through (di-di-3 + hiénai to send) + -sis-sis Words nearby diesisdieseling, dieselize, diesel oil, diesinker, Dies Irae, diesis, dies non, die stamping, diester, diestock, diestrus Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for diesis
British Dictionary definitions for diesisdiesis / (ˈdaɪɪsɪs) / noun plural -ses (-ˌsiːz)printing another name for double dagger music
Word Origin for diesisC16: via Latin from Greek: a quarter tone, literally: a sending through, from diienai; the double dagger was originally used in musical notation Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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