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Definition of Digraph
1. Noun. Two successive letters (especially two letters used to represent a single sound: 'sh' in 'shoe').
Definition of Digraph
1. n. Two signs or characters combined to express a single articulated sound; as ea in head, or th in bath.
Definition of Digraph
1. Noun. (graph theory) A directed graph. ¹
2. Noun. (computing) A two-character sequence used to enter a single conceptual character. ¹
3. Noun. (linguistics) A pair of letters, especially a pair representing a single phoneme. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Digraph
1. a pair of letters representing a single speech sound [n -S]
Medical Definition of Digraph
1. Two signs or characters combined to express a single articulated sound; as ea in head, or th in bath. Origin: Gr. = twice + a writing, to write. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Digraph
Literary usage of Digraph
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An English Grammar Conformed to Present Usage: With an Objective Method of by Alfred Holbrook (1873)
"A CONJOINED VOWEL digraph is one in which the two vowels are not separated ...
A CONSONANT digraph is a combination of two consonants, one or both of which ..."
2. Building Spelling Skills: Grade 1 by Doug Wurst, Sharman Wurst (2002)
"... This Week's Focus: • Spell words with the initial or final consonant digraph
sh • Recognize rhyming words ] Trace and Spell 2 Copy and Spell 3 Cover and ..."
3. Manual of English Pronunciation and Spelling: Containing a Full Alphabetical by Richard Soule, William Adolphus Wheeler (1875)
"The digraph ai in an unaccented syllable has the sound of short i (No. ...
The digraph ie in an unaccented final syllable, as in the plurals of nouns ending ..."
4. 135000 Words Spelled and Pronounced (preferred Form): Together with Valuable by John Hendricks Bechtel (1911)
"This digraph (œ) represents a single elementary sound, ... This digraph is largely
used in the terminal syllables of ..."
5. English Words as Spoken and Written: Designed to Teach the Powers of Letters by James A. Bowen (1900)
"In the digraph le, i is silent, as in field (§ 59). In the digraph ei, i is
silent, as in seize (§ 61). §89 SHORT SOUN'D OF II in its short sound, marked I, ..."
6. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1838)
"digraph (from the Greek lis and ypo- фш, to write ; double-written) ; a union of
two vowels, of which one only is pronounced ; as in head, breath. ..."
7. The Ellis Rational Speller, for Commercial Schools, Commercial Departments (1919)
"... combination of two letters, either vowels or consonants, to represent one
sound is called a digraph; as, (ai)sle, ba(tfr). 23. ..."
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