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triphthong
triph·thong
[
tríf thòng,
tríp thòng
]
(
plural
triph·thongs
)
noun
Definition:
1.
vowel sound with 3 component vowels:
a vowel sound composed of three vowels forming a single syllable
2.
linguistics
Same as
trigraph
[
Mid-16th century. Via French
triphtongue
< medieval Greek
triphthongos
< Greek
phthongos
"sound"
]
triph·thon·gal
[
trif thóng g'l,
trip thóng g'l
]
adjective
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triph·thon·gal [ trif thóng g'l, trip thóng g'l ] adjective
