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Triphthong meaning

  1. A monosyllabic vowel combination usually involving a quick but smooth movement from one vowel to another that passes over a third one.
  2. A disyllabic sequence of a vowel, a semivowel, and a vowel.

Using Triphthong

  • The main meaning on this page is: A monosyllabic vowel combination usually involving a quick but smooth movement from one vowel to another that passes over a third one. | A disyllabic sequence of a vowel, a semivowel, and a vowel.

Context around Triphthong

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 5 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

syllable 1× monosyllabic 1× complex 1×

Often after:

approximating 1×

Sentence patterns with Triphthong

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a complex triphthong approximating and 1× a monosyllabic triphthong 1× diphthong and triphthong only in 1× diphthong or triphthong to appear 1× represent a triphthong s middle 1× two syllable triphthong with three 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

features rather more 1× some linguists use 1× syllabic structure a 1× there are different 1×

Common sentence endings:

a monosyllabic triphthong 1× air or yair 1× in the middle 1× second vowel letter 1× this phonemic sense 1×

Words around Triphthong

Just before it in the word index:

triphosphates 3 triphosphate 25 triphenylphosphine 3 tripetala 2 tripeptide 6 tripel 2

Just after it in the word index:

triphthongs 4 tripi 2 tripio 4 tripitaka 3 triplane 8 triplanes 5

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaas 7 aacc 7 aacs 7 aafes 7 aah 7 aankh 7

Corpus analysis for Triphthong

  • In this selection, "triphthong" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, syllable, monosyllabic, complex and approximating stand out and add context to how "triphthong" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a complex triphthong approximating and and a monosyllabic triphthong. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "triphthong" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with triphthong

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Some linguists use the terms diphthong and triphthong only in this phonemic sense. (13 words)

Syllabic structure A syllable requires a vowel (or diphthong or triphthong) to appear in the middle. (16 words)

Features rather more confined to Lincolnshire include: *Elaboration of standard English /eɪ/ or /iː/ into a complex triphthong approximating, and often transcribed -air- or -yair-. (25 words)

Longer example sentences

There are different possible realisations of these items: in slow, careful speech they may be pronounced as a two-syllable triphthong with three distinct vowel qualities in succession, or as a monosyllabic triphthong. (33 words)

But if no letter is written to represent a triphthong's middle (non-semi-vowel) sound (as in ui or iu), then the tone marker goes on the final (second) vowel letter. (32 words)

Features rather more confined to Lincolnshire include: *Elaboration of standard English /eɪ/ or /iː/ into a complex triphthong approximating, and often transcribed -air- or -yair-. (25 words)

Example sentences (5)

There are different possible realisations of these items: in slow, careful speech they may be pronounced as a two-syllable triphthong with three distinct vowel qualities in succession, or as a monosyllabic triphthong.

But if no letter is written to represent a triphthong's middle (non-semi-vowel) sound (as in ui or iu), then the tone marker goes on the final (second) vowel letter.

Features rather more confined to Lincolnshire include: *Elaboration of standard English /eɪ/ or /iː/ into a complex triphthong approximating, and often transcribed -air- or -yair-.

Some linguists use the terms diphthong and triphthong only in this phonemic sense.

Syllabic structure A syllable requires a vowel (or diphthong or triphthong) to appear in the middle.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "triphthong" in a sentence?
An example: "There are different possible realisations of these items: in slow, careful speech they may be pronounced as a two-syllable triphthong with three distinct vowel qualities in succession, or as a monosyllabic triphthong." This page contains 5 example sentences with the word "triphthong" from authentic English texts.
What does "triphthong" mean?
Triphthong means: A monosyllabic vowel combination usually involving a quick but smooth movement from one vowel to another that passes over a third one.
How many example sentences with "triphthong" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 5 example sentences with "triphthong", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.