digraph
noun[C]
languagespecializeduk/ˈdaɪ.ɡrɑːf/us/ˈdaɪ.ɡræf/twoletterswritten together that make onesound:
二合字母(两个字母发一个音)InEnglish, the digraph "ph" ispronouncedas /f/.在英语中,二合字母 "ph "的发音为/f/。
See also
trigraph
Linguistic terms & linguistic style
- affricate
- allophone
- allophony
- anaphor
- anaphora
- chatty
- colloquial
- double entendre
- downtoner
- emphatic
- entailment
- etymological
- etymologically
- flowery
- oxymoron
- philological
- polysemy
- portmanteau word
- prescriptivism
- prescriptivist