"trigraph" meaning in English

See trigraph in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: trigraphs [plural]
Etymology: From tri- + -graph. Etymology templates: {{af|en|tri-|-graph}} tri- + -graph Head templates: {{en-noun}} trigraph (plural trigraphs)
  1. (linguistics) A specific sequence of three letters, especially one used collectively to represent a single phoneme. Categories (topical): Linguistics, Three Translations (sequence of three letters): trigraf [masculine] (Czech), kolmoiskirjain (Finnish), trigrafi (Finnish), trigramme [masculine] (French), Trigraph [masculine] (German), trigráf (Hungarian), trójznak [masculine] (Polish), trígrafo [masculine] (Portuguese), trigraf [neuter] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-trigraph-en-noun-xibAeSqL Disambiguation of Three: 49 51 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'sequence of three letters': 84 16
  2. (computing) A three-character sequence used to enter a single conceptual character. Categories (topical): Computing, Three
    Sense id: en-trigraph-en-noun-i7Pv1dr1 Disambiguation of Three: 49 51 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with tri-, English terms suffixed with -graph, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 79 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with tri-: 25 75 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -graph: 23 77 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 22 78 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: digraph, tetragraph, pentagraph, hexagraph, heptagraph, octagraph, monophthong, diphthong, triphthong, ligature

Inflected forms

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