English Explanatory Dictionary

trigraph

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A specific sequence of three letters, especially one used collectively to represent a single phoneme.
  2. A three-character sequence used to enter a single conceptual character.

Pronunciation

/ˈtɹaɪɡɹɑːf/ /ˈtɹaɪɡɹæf/

Word forms

trigraph trigraphs

Etymology

From tri- + -graph.

Related words

digraph tetragraph pentagraph hexagraph heptagraph octagraph monophthong diphthong triphthong ligature
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