triphthong
noun
- a complex vowel sound involving three continuous vowel sounds in one syllable (Ex.: fire, as in the British pronunciation, IPA [faə])
- loosely a trigraph
See triphthong in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(trĭfˈthôngˌ, -thŏngˌ, trĭpˈ-)
noun A compound vowel sound resulting from the succession of three simple ones and functioning as a unit.
Related Forms:
- triph·thonˈgal (-thôngˈəl, -thŏngˈəl) adjective
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