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TRIPHTHONG

\tɹˈɪfθɒŋ], \tɹˈɪfθɒŋ], \t_ɹ_ˈɪ_f_θ_ɒ_ŋ]\

Definitions of TRIPHTHONG

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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Union of three vowels in one syllable.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

Three vowels combined to produce one sound.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

n. [Greek] A combination of three vowels in a single syllable, forming a simple or compound sound; a union of three vowel characters representing together a single sound, as ieu in adieu; a trigraph.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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