Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

triphthong

/ˈtɹɪfˌθɔŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: triph-thong
IPA: /ˈtɹɪfˌθɔŋ/

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A monosyllabic vowel combination usually involving a quick but smooth movement from one vowel to another that passes over a third one.

noun

A disyllabic sequence of a vowel, a semivowel, and a vowel.

Example Sentences

"In Lang Belta vowels usually appear preceding or following a consonant (see previous examples), and as of now no occurrence of diphthongs or triphthongs has been attested."
"Before moving on to a solution, it may be worth emphasizing that nouns of the صلوه type originally contained a triphthong. […] In addition to evidence from the Safaitic inscriptions, the discovery of the Graeco-Arabic inscription A1 (Al-Jallad and al-Manaser 2015), where the verb ’tw ‘he came’ is written αθαοα /’atawa/, confirms this to be the case for Old Arabic as well."

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek τρίφθογγος (tríphthongos, “triphthong, having three voices”), from τρία (tría, “three”) + φθόγγος (phthóngos, “sound”).

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈtɹɪfˌθɔŋ/
British English: /ˈtɹɪfˌθɒŋ(ɡ)/

Inflected Forms

triphthongs (plural)

Derived Forms

triphthongal triphthongization triphthongize

Frequently Paired Words

monophthong diphthong tetraphthong pentaphthong

Rhymes With

diphthong

Questions

How do you pronounce triphthong?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɹɪfˌθɔŋ/.
What does triphthong mean?: A monosyllabic vowel combination usually involving a quick but smooth movement from one vowel to another that passes over a third one.
Where does triphthong come from?: From the Ancient Greek τρίφθογγος (tríphthongos, “triphthong, having three voices”), from τρία (tría, “three”) + φθόγγος (phthóngos, “sound”).

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