|
|
Definition of Trigraph
1. n. Three letters united in pronunciation so as to have but one sound, or to form but one syllable, as -ieu in adieu; a triphthong.
Definition of Trigraph
1. Noun. (linguistics) A specific sequence of three letters, especially one used collectively to represent a single phoneme. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Trigraph
1. a group of three letters representing one sound [n -S]
Medical Definition of Trigraph
1. Three letters united in pronunciation so as to have but one sound, or to form but one syllable, as -ieu in adieu; a triphthong. Origin: Pref. Tri- + -graph. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trigraph
Literary usage of Trigraph
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)
"VOWEL trigraph.—A. combination of three vowels representing one or two sounds.
Remark.—Earn, in beau, represents one sound; ..."
2. Aids to the Pronunciation of Irish by Christian Brothers (1905)
"This trigraph = u preceded and followed by a slender consonant (Connaught, ...
This trigraph occurs in only one or two words — eg, Aeip (= e + slender p), ..."
3. Japan, Its History, Arts, and Literature by Frank Brinkley (1902)
"The trigraph indicated by the remainder is called the " inner complement," and is
... The above process is now repeated, and a second trigraph is obtained. ..."
4. Japan, Its History, Arts and Literature by Frank Brinkley (1902)
"The trigraph indicated by the remainder is called the " inner complement," and is
... The above process is now repeated, and a second trigraph is obtained. ..."
5. English Words as Spoken and Written: Designed to Teach the Powers of Letters by James A. Bowen (1900)
"A similar union of three letters, as eau, tch, is called a trigraph. ...
Usually one letter of a digraph or trigraph is sounded, the others being silent. ..."
6. Transactions of the Philological Society by Philological Society (Great Britain). (1881)
"... the trigraph chj comes very near to and perhaps is nothing else but (ksh).
The Southern Corsican and some French dialects, as the Picard, etc., ..."
7. A Practical German Grammar by Calvin Thomas (1905)
"The digraphs, trigraph and diphthongs are named by combining the names of their
component parts (thus ф is called tsay-hah) ; the vowels with umlaut by ..."
8. Fundamentals of the English Language, Or, Orthography and Orthoepy: Designed by Frank Van Buren Irish (1888)
"... or trigraph, is the union of three vowels in a syllable, one or two of which
are silent; as in view, eye. There are four proper diphthongs : oi, oy, au, ..."
Other Resources:
