🔡digraph (daɪɡræf)

noun
/ˈdaɪɡræf/
digraphe (digraphe)

Signification

A pair of letters representing a single sound, such as 'sh' in 'ship'.
Traduction de la signification
Une paire de lettres représentant un seul son
Une paire de lettres représentant un seul son

Phrases d'exemple

In the word 'phone', the letters 'ph' form a digraph.

Dans le mot 'téléphone', les lettres 'ph' forment un digraphe.
Dans le mot 'telephone', les lettres 'ph' forment un digraphe.

Synonymes

letter pair, combination, grapheme, phoneme unit

Antonymes

single letter, monograph

Collocations

vowel digraph, consonant digraph, letter digraph, English digraph

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