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triphthongVery rarely, the nucleus of a single syllable may contain three vowel sounds that quickly glide together; these compound sounds are known as triphthongs.There are three triphthongs that are generally agreed upon in American English: /aʊə/ (“ah-oo-uh”), /aɪə/ (“ah-ih-uh”), and /jʊə/ (“ee-oo-uh”). These always come before an R sound in a word.Continue reading...triph·thong T0364700 (trĭf′thông′, -thŏng′, trĭp′-)n. A compound vowel sound resulting from the succession of three simple ones and functioning as a unit.
[tri- + (di)phthong.]
triph·thon′gal (-thông′əl, -thŏng′əl) adj.triphthong (ˈtrɪfθɒŋ; ˈtrɪp-) n1. (Phonetics & Phonology) a composite vowel sound during the articulation of which the vocal organs move from one position through a second, ending in a third2. (Phonetics & Phonology) a trigraph representing a composite vowel sound such as this[C16: via New Latin from Medieval Greek triphthongos, from tri- + phthongos sound; compare diphthong] triphˈthongal adjtriph•thong (ˈtrɪf θɔŋ, -θɒŋ, ˈtrɪp-)
n. 1. a monosyllabic speech-sound sequence made up of three differing vowel qualities, as in some pronunciations of our. 2. trigraph. [1590–1600; < New Latin triphthongus < Medieval Greek tríphthongos with three vowels =tri- tri- + phthóngos voice, sound] triph•thong′al (-gəl) adj. Translations |