Triphthong Definition
trĭfthông, -thŏng, trĭp-
noun
A complex vowel sound involving three continuous vowel sounds in one syllable (Ex.: fire, as in the British pronunciation, IPA [faiə])
Webster's New World
A trigraph.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Triphthong
Noun
Singular:
triphthong
Plural:
triphthongsOrigin of Triphthong
From the Ancient Greek τρίφθογγος (triphthongos, “triphthong", adjectivally “having three voices"), from τρία (tria, “three") + φθόγγος (phthongos, “sound").
From Wiktionary
tri– (di)phthong
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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