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Definition of Triphthongal
1. a. Of or pertaining to a triphthong; consisting of three vowel sounds pronounced together in a single syllable.
Definition of Triphthongal
1. Adjective. Pertaining to a triphthong. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Triphthongal
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Triphthongal
Literary usage of Triphthongal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Compendium of Tachygraphy: Or, Lindsley's Phonetic Shorthand by David Philip Lindsley (1867)
"In the triphthongal combinations, spr, str, skr, and spl, s is written with the
long sign, and pr, tr, kr, and pi are treated as compounds. REMARK. ..."
2. The Chinese Repository (1843)
"... in sirrah;—for a 6th, in tir;— for a 7th, (triphthongal,) in l.iml. " The letter
o stands for one simple sound, in O, no, omen, mote, poem;— for a 3d, ..."
3. Bibliotheca Sacra and Theological Review (1859)
"... occurring initially, and each admitting an 1 also in threefold combination :
like, for consonants, the triphthongal combinations among vowels (as eot, ..."
4. The Occitan Translations of John XII and XIII-XVII from a Fourteenth-century by Marvyn Roy Harris (1985)
"... eu has without exception evolved to triphthongal ieu. In addition to the
examples of y eu ~ ieu, mieu (also t-, s-ieu), ..."
5. Desultory Notes on the Government and People of China, and on the Chinese by Thomas Taylor Meadows (1847)
"... their position be changed a second time, the whole enunciation becomes
triphthongal. Thus the letters i and u, as heard in thine and cube, ..."
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