triphthong

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English - Turkish
{i} üç sesli hece
(isim) üç sesli hece
English - English
A monosyllabic vowel combination usually involving a quick but smooth movement from one vowel to another that passes over a third one
A combination of three vowel sounds in a single syllable, forming a simple or compound sound; also, a union of three vowel characters, representing together a single sound; a trigraph; as, eye, -ieu in adieu, -eau in beau, are examples of triphthongs
triphthong

    Hyphenation

    triph·thong

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    () From Ancient Greek τρία (“three”) + φθόγγος (phthongos, “sound”).
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