trigraph
noun[C]
languagespecializeduk/ˈtraɪ.ɡrɑːf/us/ˈtraɪ.ɡræf/threeletterswritten together that, whenspoken, make onesound:
三字母一音Thisworksheetwillhelpyouintroduceyourpupilsto the "igh" trigraph.这页练习题将帮助你向学生介绍“igh”这个由三个字母组成的单音。
See also
digraph
- Trigraphs aregenerallyconsonantgroupsorconsonantandvowelcombinations.
- Words such as "rhythm" and "strength"containnotmultipleconsonantsat all, butratherdigraphs and trigraphs.
- Geraldine Giraffehelpsintroducethe ARE trigraph byfindingwords thatincludethatsound.
- Katie-May Blight inYearOne wasabletotellme that sheactuallyhad a trigraph in hername.
Linguistic terms & linguistic style
- affricate
- allophone
- allophony
- anaphor
- anaphora
- chatty
- colloquial
- distributive
- double entendre
- downtoner
- emphatic
- entailment
- etymological
- flowery
- oxymoron
- parallelism
- philological
- polysemy
- portmanteau word
- prescriptivism
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Linguistics: morphology & parts of words