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digraph en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈdaɪˌɡɹɑːf/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈdaɪˌɡræf/ (General-American)
  • /ˈdaɪˌɡɹæf/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Blend of directed + graph.

Meanings

  1. A directed graph.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
digraphs Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

acyclic digraph

Relateds

adjacency matrix (Other terms of interest) · finite relation (Other terms of interest) · incidence matrix (Other terms of interest)

digraph en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈdaɪˌɡɹɑːf/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈdaɪˌɡræf/ (General-American)
  • /ˈdaɪˌɡɹæf/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δίς (dís, “double”) + γράφω (gráphō, “write”), equivalent to di- + -graph.

Meanings

  1. A two-character sequence used to enter a single conceptual character.
  2. A pair of letters, especially a pair representing a single phoneme.
    • A consonant digraph is a combination of two consonants that represent one sound. 2023 November 14, Bronwyn, “What Is a Digraph? Understanding This Phonics Building Block”, in TeachStarter:
    • As a special education teacher, I find that introducing one or two digraphs a week works well. 2022 July 11, Sarah Forst, “How to Teach Consonant Digraphs”, in The Designer Teacher:
  3. (qualifier:divination of the Taixuanjing) a sequence of two lines, each of which may be unbroken, broken once, or broken twice.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
digraphs Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

monograph · monograph · pseudodigraph · trigraph · pseudodigraph · trigraph

Deriveds

digraphia · digraphic · pseudodigraph · subdigraph

Hypernyms

polygraph · polygraph · grapheme

Relateds

ligature · heptagraph · triphthong · tetragraph · monophthong · hexagraph · pentagraph · trigraph · octagraph · diphthong

Translations (36)

eo duliteraĵo (pair of letters) · sk digraf (pair of letters) · pt dígrafo (pair of letters) · es dígrafo (computing: two-character sequence) · eo digramo (pair of letters) · fi kaksoiskirjain (pair of letters) · pl digraf (pair of letters) · eo digrafo (pair of letters) · es dígrafo (pair of letters) · de Digraph (computing: two-character sequence) · de Digraph (pair of letters) · ast dígrafu (pair of letters) · ms digraf (pair of letters) · ga délitir (pair of letters) · nl digraaf (pair of letters) · hu digráf (pair of letters) · it digramma (pair of letters) · pl digraf (computing: two-character sequence) · ru дигра́ф (computing: two-character sequence) · fi digrafi (pair of letters) · hu kettős betű (pair of letters) · cs digraf (pair of letters) · ms dwilambang (pair of letters) · fr digramme (pair of letters) · ru дигра́ф (pair of letters) · cmn 二合字母 (pair of letters) · pl dwuznak (pair of letters) · fi digrafi (computing: two-character sequence) · lt dvi̇̀raidis (pair of letters) · nl digraaf (computing: two-character sequence) · ca dígraf (pair of letters) · ru дигра́мма (pair of letters) · vi chữ ghép (pair of letters) · ms dwihuruf (pair of letters) · ne संयुक्ताक्षर (pair of letters) · ga délitir (computing: two-character sequence)