Transcription
-
- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
-
- [dahy-graf, -grahf]
- /ˈdaɪ græf, -grɑf/
- /ˈdaɪgrɑːf/
-
- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
-
- [dahy-graf, -grahf]
- /ˈdaɪ græf, -grɑf/
Definitions of digraph word
- noun digraph a pair of letters representing a single speech sound, as ea in meat or th in path. 1
- noun digraph A combination of two letters representing one sound, as in ph and ey. 1
- noun digraph a combination of two letters or characters used to represent a single speech sound such as gh in English tough 0
- noun digraph a combination of two letters functioning as a unit to represent one sound (Ex.: read, bread, chin, graphic) 0
- noun digraph (graph theory) A directed graph. 0
- noun digraph (computing) A two-character sequence used to enter a single conceptual character. 0
Information block about the term
Origin of digraph
First appearance:
before 1780 One of the 45% newest English words
First recorded in 1780-90; di-1 + -graph
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Digraph
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
digraph popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 80% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
digraph usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerTop questions with digraph
- what is a digraph?
- what is a consonant digraph?
- what does digraph mean?
- what is digraph?
- what is a vowel digraph?
- what is a digraph blend?
- what is a digraph in reading?
- what does consonant digraph mean?
- what is vowel digraph?
- what is the digraph in a word?
- what is a digraph word?
- what is a digraph examples?
- what is the difference between a digraph and a diphthong?
- what is a digraph in math?
- what is the difference between a digraph and a blend?
See also
Matching words
- Words starting with d
- Words starting with di
- Words starting with dig
- Words starting with digr
- Words starting with digra
- Words starting with digrap
- Words starting with digraph