"triphthong" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtɹɪfˌθɒŋ(ɡ)/ [UK], /ˈtɹɪfˌθɔŋ/ [US], /ˈtɹɪfˌθɑŋ/ [cot-caught-merger], /ˈtɹɪpˌθɑŋ/ [cot-caught-merger, proscribed] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-triphthong.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-triphthong2.wav Forms: triphthongs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪfθɑŋ, (US) -ɪfθɔŋ Etymology: From the Ancient Greek τρίφθογγος (tríphthongos, “triphthong, having three voices”), from τρία (tría, “three”) + φθόγγος (phthóngos, “sound”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|τρίφθογγος||triphthong, having three voices}} Ancient Greek τρίφθογγος (tríphthongos, “triphthong, having three voices”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} triphthong (plural triphthongs)
  1. A monosyllabic vowel combination usually involving a quick but smooth movement from one vowel to another that passes over a third one. Categories (topical): Three Translations (monosyllabic vowel combination involving movement from one vowel to another): τρίφθογγος (tríphthongos) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), تْرِفْثُنْغ (trifṯunḡ) [masculine] (Arabic), եռաբարբառ (eṙabarbaṙ) (Armenian), трыфто́нг (tryftónh) [masculine] (Belarusian), triftongenn [feminine] (Breton), трифто́нг (triftóng) [masculine] (Bulgarian), triftong [masculine] (Catalan), 三合元音 (sānhé yuányīn) (Chinese Mandarin), 三元音 (sānyuányīn) (Chinese Mandarin), trojhláska [feminine] (Czech), triftong (Danish), trelyd (Danish), drieklank [masculine] (Dutch), triftong [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), triftongo (Esperanto), tríljóð [neuter] (Faroese), triftongi (Finnish), triphtongue [feminine] (French), tritongo [masculine] (Galician), Triphthong [masculine] (German), τρίφθογγος (trífthongos) [masculine] (Greek), hármashangzó (Hungarian), triftongus (Hungarian), þríhljóð [neuter] (Icelandic), triftongo (Ido), trittongo [masculine] (Italian), 三重音字 (sanjū onji) (alt: さんじゅうおんじ) (Japanese), 三重字 (sanjūji) (alt: さんじゅうじ) (Japanese), трифтонг (triftoñ) [masculine] (Kazakh), 삼중모음 (samjungmo'eum) (alt: 三重母音) (Korean), triftongs [masculine] (Latvian), triftong (Limburgish), трифтонг (triftong) [masculine] (Macedonian), triftong (Norwegian), tryftong [masculine] (Polish), trójgłoska [feminine] (Polish), tritongo [masculine] (Portuguese), triftong [masculine] (Romanian), трифто́нг (triftóng) [masculine] (Russian), трѝфтонг [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), trìftong [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), trojhláska [feminine] (Slovak), triftong [masculine] (Slovene), triptongo [masculine] (Spanish), triftong (Swedish), трифто́нг (tryftónh) [masculine] (Ukrainian), nguyên âm ba (Vietnamese), trisain [feminine] (Welsh)
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  2. A disyllabic sequence of a vowel, a semivowel, and a vowel.
    Sense id: en-triphthong-en-noun-FyYWW7A6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: triphthongal Coordinate_terms: monophthong, diphthong, tetraphthong, pentaphthong

Inflected forms

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          "alt": "さんじゅうおんじ",
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      "word": "三重音字"
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      "roman": "samjungmo'eum",
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      "word": "삼중모음"
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      "sense": "monosyllabic vowel combination involving movement from one vowel to another",
      "word": "triftong"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "monosyllabic vowel combination involving movement from one vowel to another",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tryftong"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "monosyllabic vowel combination involving movement from one vowel to another",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trójgłoska"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "monosyllabic vowel combination involving movement from one vowel to another",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tritongo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "monosyllabic vowel combination involving movement from one vowel to another",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "triftong"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "triftóng",
      "sense": "monosyllabic vowel combination involving movement from one vowel to another",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "трифто́нг"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "monosyllabic vowel combination involving movement from one vowel to another",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "трѝфтонг"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "monosyllabic vowel combination involving movement from one vowel to another",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trìftong"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "monosyllabic vowel combination involving movement from one vowel to another",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trojhláska"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "monosyllabic vowel combination involving movement from one vowel to another",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "triftong"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "monosyllabic vowel combination involving movement from one vowel to another",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "triptongo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "monosyllabic vowel combination involving movement from one vowel to another",
      "word": "triftong"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "tryftónh",
      "sense": "monosyllabic vowel combination involving movement from one vowel to another",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "трифто́нг"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "monosyllabic vowel combination involving movement from one vowel to another",
      "word": "nguyên âm ba"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "monosyllabic vowel combination involving movement from one vowel to another",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trisain"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "en:triphthong"
  ],
  "word": "triphthong"
}

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