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triphthong

noun
/ˈtɹɪfˌθɒŋ(ɡ)/UK/ˈtɹɪfˌθɔŋ/US/ˈtɹɪfˌθɑŋ/

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek τρίφθογγος (tríphthongos, “triphthong, having three voices”), from τρία (tría, “three”) + φθόγγος (phthóngos, “sound”).

  1. derived from τρίφθογγος — “triphthong, having three voices”

Definitions

  1. A monosyllabic vowel combination usually involving a quick but smooth movement from one…

    A monosyllabic vowel combination usually involving a quick but smooth movement from one vowel to another that passes over a third one.

    • In Lang Belta vowels usually appear preceding or following a consonant (see previous examples), and as of now no occurrence of diphthongs or triphthongs has been attested.

  2. A disyllabic sequence of a vowel, a semivowel, and a vowel.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for triphthong. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA