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Pronunciation / Transliteration: diˈɡʁaːf
"Die Buchstabenkombination 'sch' ist ein bekannter Digraph im Deutschen."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A pair of characters used together to represent a single sound, such as 'sh' in English 'shoe'.
"The word 'philosophy' contains the digraph 'ph' representing the /f/ sound." - 2
In mathematics and graph theory, a directed graph consisting of a set of vertices connected by directed edges.
"The algorithm processes the data structure as a weighted digraph."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Greek 'di-' meaning 'twice' or 'double' and 'graphē' meaning 'writing' or 'drawn'. The term emerged in linguistic terminology during the 19th century to describe pairs of letters representing single distinctive speech sounds.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Digraph" is said worldwide
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digramme
Transliteration: diɡʁam
"Le son 'ou' est un digramme en français."
Digraph
Transliteration: diˈɡʁaːf
"Die Buchstabenkombination 'sch' ist ein bekannter Digraph im Deutschen."
digramma
Transliteration: diˈɡramma
"Il gruppo 'ch' in italiano è un digramma."
dígrafo
Transliteration: ˈdiɣɾafo
"En español, 'ch' y 'll' se consideran tradicionalmente dígrafos."
dígrafo
Transliteration: ˈdiɡɾafu
"A palavra 'ilha' contém o dígrafo 'lh'."
द्वि-वर्ण
Transliteration: dvi-varna
"अंग्रेजी में 'sh' एक द्वि-वर्ण है जो एक ध्वनि को दर्शाता है।"
二合字母
Transliteration: èr hé zì mǔ
"英语中的“sh”是一个二合字母。"
이중자음
Transliteration: ijungjaeum
"영어 단어 'th'는 대표적인 이중자음입니다."
二重字
Transliteration: nijūji
"英語の「ph」は一つの音を表す二重字です。"
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