trigraph
noun[C]
languagespecializeduk/ˈtraɪ.ɡrɑːf/us/ˈtraɪ.ɡræf/threeletterswritten together that, whenspoken, make onesound:
三字母一音Thisworksheetwillhelpyouintroduceyourpupilsto the "igh" trigraph.这页练习题将帮助你向学生介绍“igh”这个由三个字母组成的单音。
See also
digraph
- Trigraphs aregenerallyconsonantgroupsorconsonantandvowelcombinations.
 - Words such as "rhythm" and "strength"containnotmultipleconsonantsat all, butratherdigraphs and trigraphs.
 - Geraldine Giraffehelpsintroducethe ARE trigraph byfindingwords thatincludethatsound.
 - Katie-May Blight inYearOne wasabletotellme that sheactuallyhad a trigraph in hername.
 
Linguistic terms & linguistic style
- affricate
 - allophone
 - allophony
 - anaphor
 - anaphora
 - chatty
 - colloquial
 - distributive
 - double entendre
 - downtoner
 - emphatic
 - entailment
 - etymological
 - flowery
 - oxymoron
 - parallelism
 - philological
 - polysemy
 - portmanteau word
 - prescriptivism
 
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Linguistics: morphology & parts of words