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Look up digraph in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Digraph, often misspelled as diagraph, may refer to: Digraph (orthography), a pair of characters used
Digraph
Latin-script digraph
Look up ch in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ch is a digraph in the Latin script. It is treated as a letter of its own in the Chamorro, Old Spanish
Ch_(digraph)
Digraph
Ll or ll is a digraph that occurs in several languages. In English, ⟨ll⟩ often represents the same sound as single ⟨l⟩: /l/. The doubling is used to indicate
Ll
Latin-script digraph
), also encountered as Unicode compatibility characters IJ and ij, is a digraph of the letters i and j. Occurring in the Dutch language, it is sometimes
IJ_(digraph)
⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. This is a list of digraphs used in various Latin alphabets. Letters with diacritics are arranged in
List_of_Latin-script_digraphs
Graph with oriented edges
mathematics, and more specifically in graph theory, a directed graph (or digraph) is a graph that is made up of a set of vertices connected by directed
Directed_graph
Pair of characters used to write one phoneme
between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. A digraph (from Ancient Greek δίς (dís) 'double' and γράφω (gráphō) 'to write') or
Digraph_(orthography)
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Digraphs and trigraphs may refer to: Digraphs and trigraphs (programming), sequences of two or three letters that are treated by programming languages
Digraphs_and_trigraphs
Latin-script digraph
Th is a digraph in the Latin script; it was originally introduced into Latin to transliterate Greek loanwords. In modern languages that use the Latin
Th_(digraph)
Directed graph with no directed cycles
Directed acyclic graphs are also called acyclic directed graphs or acyclic digraphs. A graph is formed by vertices and by edges connecting pairs of vertices
Directed_acyclic_graph
Digraph of the Latin script
Dz is a digraph of the Latin script, consisting of the consonants D and Z. It generally represents /d͡z/ in Latin alphabets, including Hungarian, Kashubian
Dz_(digraph)
Digraph of the Latin alphabet
The digraph sh in the Latin alphabet is written as a combination of S and H. In Albanian, sh represents [ʃ]. It is considered a distinct letter, named
Sh_(digraph)
Seventh letter of the Latin alphabet
The digraph ⟨dg⟩ has the value /d͡ʒ/ (soft ⟨g⟩), as in badger. Non-digraph ⟨dg⟩ can also occur, in compounds like floodgate and headgear. The digraph ⟨ng⟩
G
multigraphs that are not included. These include doubled letters (or whole digraphs) that indicate 'tense' ('strong') consonants and long vowels; sequences
List_of_Cyrillic_multigraphs
Eighth letter of the Latin alphabet
it as an allophone of /ʁ/. 'H' is also used in many spelling systems in digraphs and trigraphs, such as 'ch', which represents /tʃ/ in Spanish, Galician
H
Two or three characters, treated as one
In computer programming, digraphs and trigraphs are sequences of two and three characters, respectively, that appear in source code and, according to a
Digraphs and trigraphs (programming)
Digraphs_and_trigraphs_(programming)
Third letter of the Latin alphabet
chiefly from Latin /k/ before ⟨a⟩. In French, it was represented by the digraph ⟨ch⟩, as in champ (from Latin camp-um), and this spelling was introduced
C
Basic concept of graph theory
"Graph Theory, Electronic Edition". p. 12. Chapter 11: Digraphs: Principle of duality for digraphs: Definition Gross, Jonathan L.; Yellen, Jay (2004). Handbook
Connectivity_(graph_theory)
Latin letter N with tilde above
lower-case ⟨n⟩. The origin dates back to medieval Spanish, when the Latin digraph ⟨nn⟩ began to be abbreviated using a single ⟨n⟩ with a roughly wavy line
Ñ
Transmission of language with brief pulses
no standard representation for the exclamation mark !, although the KW digraph ( ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ) was proposed in the 1980s by the Heathkit Company
Morse_code
Latin-script digraph
Gh is a digraph found in many languages. In English, ⟨gh⟩ historically represented [x] (the voiceless velar fricative, as in the Scottish Gaelic word
Gh_(digraph)
Latin letter I with dieresis
as a diphthong or digraph. For example, French maïs (IPA: [ma.is] ; "maize"); without the diaeresis, the ⟨i⟩ is part of the digraph ⟨ai⟩: mais (IPA: [mɛ]
Ï
Digraph of the Latin script
meaning of how ⟨ ⟩, | |, / /, and [ ] are used here, see this page. Sz is a digraph of the Latin script, used in Hungarian, Kashubian and Polish. It is also
Sz_(digraph)
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variants may refer to: YY.com, a major Chinese social network yy (digraph), digraph used in various Latin alphabets Yy (musician), Canadian musician YY
YY
Unsolved problem in mathematics Are digraphs uniquely determined by their subgraphs and some in-degree data? More unsolved problems in mathematics The
New digraph reconstruction conjecture
New_digraph_reconstruction_conjecture
Directed graph representing overlaps between sequences of symbols
incoming and m outgoing edges. Each n-dimensional De Bruijn graph is the line digraph of the (n − 1)-dimensional De Bruijn graph with the same set of symbols
De_Bruijn_graph
Twenty-third letter of the Latin alphabet
The digraph ⟨VV⟩/⟨uu⟩ was also used in Medieval Latin to represent Germanic names, including Gothic ones like Wamba. It is from this ⟨uu⟩ digraph that
W
Latin-script digraph
the Serbo-Croatian word konj is pronounced /koɲ/. In Serbo-Croatian, the digraph is treated as a single letter, and therefore it has its own place in the
Nj_(digraph)
Cyrillic letter
specifically East Slavic short form of the digraph ⟨оу⟩ used in ancient Slavic texts to represent /u/. The digraph was itself a direct loan from the Greek
U_(Cyrillic)
Letter found in Slavic languages
case, joining the letters L and J creates a new letter or a sound. The digraph is treated as a single letter, and therefore it has its own place in the
Lj_(digraph)
Graph in which every two vertices are adjacent
every pair of distinct vertices is connected by a unique edge. A complete digraph is a directed graph in which every pair of distinct vertices is connected
Complete_graph
Twenty-fifth letter of the Latin alphabet
is either only found in loanwords, or is practically equivalent to the digraph IJ. Hence, both Griekse ij and i-grec are used, as well as ypsilon. In
Y
Sounds spelled with the digraph ⟨th⟩
⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. In English, the digraph ⟨th⟩ usually represents either the voiced dental fricative phoneme /ð/
Pronunciation_of_English_⟨th⟩
Latin-script digraph
Nh is a digraph of the Latin alphabet, a combination of N and H. Together with lh and the interpunct, it is a typical feature of Occitan, a language illustrated
Nh_(digraph)
Twentieth letter of the Latin alphabet
A common digraph is ⟨th⟩, which usually represents a dental fricative, but occasionally represents /t/ (as in Thomas and thyme). The digraph ⟨ti⟩ often
T
Digraph in a number of languages
Ny is a digraph in a number of languages such as Catalan, Luganda, Hungarian, Swahili, Malay, and Tagalog. In most of these languages, including all of
Ny_(digraph)
⟨ŋ⟩, ⟨q̇⟩, ⟨ć⟩ (or the digraph ⟨ts⟩), and the digraph ⟨dz⟩ are only used in certain dialects. ↑ Bambara also has the digraphs: ⟨kh⟩ (only present in loanwords)
List of Latin-script alphabets
List_of_Latin-script_alphabets
Television series
words) Champ (digraphs CH and SH) Song (digraph NG) Thing (digraph TH) Train (digraph AI) Beep (digraph EE) Tightrope (trigraph IGH) Toad (digraph OA) Book
Alphablocks
Overview of digraphs in the Cyrillic script
script family contains many specially treated two-letter combinations, or digraphs, but few of these are used in Slavic languages. In a few alphabets, trigraphs
Cyrillic_digraphs
Mark that indicates separation of vowels
separate syllables – a vowel hiatus (also called a diaeresis) – rather than a digraph or diphthong. It consists of a two dots diacritic placed over a letter
Diaeresis_(diacritic)
Script used to write the Greek language
pronunciation, is usually regular and predictable. The following vowel letters and digraphs are involved in the mergers: Modern Greek speakers typically use the same
Greek_alphabet
Symmetric encryption cipher
cryptographer Felix Delastelle. The technique encrypts pairs of letters (digraphs), and falls into a category of ciphers known as polygraphic substitution
Four-square_cipher
Consonantal sound
the tesh digraph (ʧ): U+107AE 𐞮 MODIFIER LETTER SMALL TESH DIGRAPH is an IPA superscript letter U+1DF17 𝼗 LATIN SMALL LETTER TESH DIGRAPH WITH PALATAL
Voiceless postalveolar affricate
Voiceless_postalveolar_affricate
Decision problem in graph theory
The digraph realization problem is a decision problem in graph theory. Given pairs of nonnegative integers ( ( a 1 , b 1 ) , … , ( a n , b n ) ) {\displaystyle
Digraph_realization_problem
Twenty-fourth letter of the Latin alphabet
are: /(j)ʃ/ with the digraph ⟨ix⟩: mateix ('same'), /ks/; fixar ('to fix'), /ɡz/; examen. In addition, /(j)ʃ/ (from the digraph ⟨ix⟩) gets voiced to [(j)ʒ]
X
rooted directed graph or rooted digraph also see variation in definitions. The obvious transplant is to consider a digraph rooted by identifying a particular
Rooted_graph
Cyrillic letter
Uk (Ѹ ѹ; italics: Ѹ ѹ) is a digraph of the early Cyrillic alphabet of the letters О and У, although commonly considered and used as a single letter. To
Uk_(Cyrillic)
Latin-script alphabet consisting of 26 letters
function as syllabic consonants. Written English has a large number of digraphs, such as ⟨ch⟩, ⟨ea⟩, ⟨oo⟩, ⟨sh⟩, and ⟨th⟩. Diacritics are generally not
English_alphabet
Letter of the Cyrillic script
creates digraphs to represent distinct phonemes that cannot be expressed by the bare letters alone. There have also been proposals to use the ⟨аь⟩ digraph in
Soft_sign
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drummer for the band Sleep Token John Papa ʻĪʻī, a Hawaiian noble ii (digraph), a digraph in certain romanized alphabets ii (IRC client), short for IRC It
II
Letter of the Latin alphabet used in Maltese language
needed] The other Maltese use for ħ is in the digraph għ, whose pronunciation is complex. Historically, the digraph stood for a voiced velar or pharygneal fricative
H_with_stroke
Cyrillic letter
used in Esperanto language Tx : Digraph Tx, used in Basque and Catalan. Ch : Digraph Ch Cs : Digraph Cs Cz : Digraph Cz Ҷ ҷ : Cyrillic letter Che with
Che_(Cyrillic)
Latin letter C with circumflex
English and Spanish digraph ⟨ch⟩, French trigraph ⟨tch⟩, German tetragraph ⟨tsch⟩, Hungarian digraph ⟨cs⟩, Basque and Catalan digraph ⟨tx⟩ and Italian ⟨ci⟩
Ĉ
Thirteenth letter of the Latin alphabet
consonant (IPA: /m̩/). The digraph, "mn," when used in the beginning of words, such as mnemonic, is pronounced as /n/. This digraph is the only instance where
M
Unicode character block
(U+20A8) is usually displayed as an Rs digraph (), but Microsoft Sans Serif uses the quantity-neutral "Rp" digraph () instead. The following Unicode-related
Currency Symbols (Unicode block)
Currency_Symbols_(Unicode_block)
American ice cream brand
name that he claimed was Danish-sounding. However, the letter "ä" and the digraph "zs" do not exist in Danish. According to Mattus, it was a tribute to Denmark's
Häagen-Dazs
Set of 23 Latin-script letters used to write the Galician language
According to the modern and official standard, it has 23 letters and 6 digraphs. The extraneous letters ⟨j⟩, ⟨k⟩, ⟨w⟩ and ⟨y⟩ are sporadically found in
Galician_alphabet
Letter in the Armenian alphabet
postage stamp featuring the ՈՒ digraph 500 dram coin featuring the Ու digraph 5000 dram coin featuring the Ու digraph U (Latin) Ո Ւ և Armenian alphabet
U_(Armenian)
Letter of the Cyrillic script
Latin version of Serbo-Croatian, it corresponds with the digraph ⟨dž⟩ which, like the digraphs ⟨lj⟩ and ⟨nj⟩, is treated as a single letter, including
Dzhe
Connectivity measure in graph theory
graph is a digraph connectivity measure proposed first by Eggan and Büchi (Eggan 1963). Intuitively, this concept measures how close a digraph is to a directed
Cycle_rank
Latin letter Z with acute accent
the language are: ziet and z z kreską. The letter also appears in the digraph dź, which is pronounced as voiced alveolo-palatal affricate ([d͡ʑ]) sound
Ź
Graph representing edges of another graph
connected by an edge from uv to wx in the line digraph when v = w. That is, each edge in the line digraph of G represents a length-two directed path in
Line_graph
Ligature of letters D and B
[ɱȸv]. ȸ was added to Unicode 4.1 in 2005, as U+0238 LATIN SMALL LETTER DB DIGRAPH. As of 2010[update], only a handful of fonts can display the character
Db_ligature
Graph with multiple edges between two vertices
and the underlying multidigraph of a category is called its underlying digraph. Multigraphs and multidigraphs also support the notion of graph labeling
Multigraph
Sixteenth letter of the Latin alphabet
digraph in English is ⟨ph⟩, which represents the sound /f/, and can be used to transliterate ⟨φ⟩ phi in loanwords from Greek. In German, the digraph ⟨pf⟩
P
Twenty-sixth letter of the Latin alphabet
/ʑ/ and /ʐ/. They also appear in the digraphs ⟨dź⟩ (/d͡ʑ/) and ⟨dż⟩ (/d͡ʐ/). Hungarian uses ⟨z⟩ in the digraphs ⟨sz⟩ (expressing /s/, as opposed to the
Z
First letter of the Latin alphabet
languages such as Aaron and aardvark. However, ⟨a⟩ occurs in many common digraphs, all with their own sound or sounds, particularly ⟨ai⟩, ⟨au⟩, ⟨aw⟩, ⟨ay⟩
A
variant spellings of the name, including some that are longer. In Māori, the digraphs ng and wh are each treated as single letters. The 58-letter name
Longest_word_in_English
Ligature of the Latin letters A and E
æ difficult (such as in use of typewriters, telegraphs, or ASCII), the digraph ae is often used instead. In Old English, æ represented a sound between
Æ
Directed graph with reversed edges
In the mathematical and algorithmic study of graph theory, the converse, transpose or reverse of a directed graph G is another directed graph on the same
Transpose_graph
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an archaeological journal published by Schwabe (publisher) Ah (digraph), a digraph used in Taa language orthography Albert Heijn, a Dutch supermarket
AH
Recursively-formed graph with two terminal vertices
regarded as source and sink. In a similar way one may define series–parallel digraphs, constructed from copies of single-arc graphs, with arcs directed from
Series–parallel_graph
Native alphabet of the Korean language
ㅔ, ㅖ, ㅘ, ㅙ, ㅚ, ㅝ, ㅞ, ㅟ, ㅢ) and 11 additional heterogeneous consonant digraphs (ㄳ, ㄵ, ㄶ, ㄺ, ㄻ, ㄼ, ㄽ, ㄾ, ㄿ, ㅀ, ㅄ). South Korea considers Hangul to have
Hangul
Nineteenth letter of the Latin alphabet
Younger Futhark. The ⟨sh⟩ digraph for English /ʃ/ arose in Middle English (alongside ⟨sch⟩), replacing the Old English ⟨sc⟩ digraph. Similarly, Old High German
S
both Eastern and Western Armenian. It is typically romanized with the digraph Sh. It was part of the alphabet created by Mesrop Mashtots in the 5th century
Sha_(Armenian)
digraph dj is used. ⟨dtc⟩ is used for the voiced palatal click /ᶢǂ/ in Naro. ⟨dzh⟩ is used for /dʒ/ in English transcriptions of the Russian digraph ⟨дж⟩
List of Latin-script trigraphs
List_of_Latin-script_trigraphs
Fourteenth letter of the Latin alphabet
Spanish, Breton, and a few other languages use the letter ⟨ñ⟩. A common digraph with ⟨n⟩ is ⟨ng⟩, which represents a voiced velar nasal /ŋ/ in a variety
N
Obsolete Indonesian spelling system
characteristics of this spelling system were: The digraph ⟨dj⟩ was used to write "j" [dʒ], for example djari (jari). The digraph ⟨tj⟩ was used to write "c" [tʃ], for
Van_Ophuijsen_Spelling_System
Glyph combining two or more letterforms
points for the digraph DZ, the Dutch digraph IJ, and for the Serbo-Croatian digraphs DŽ, LJ, and NJ. Although similar, these are digraphs, not ligatures
Ligature_(writing)
Ligature of letters Q and P
in the Zulu sequence [ɱȹfʼ]. Unicode Character 'LATIN SMALL LETTER QP DIGRAPH' (U+0239) Pullum, Geoffrey K.; Ladusaw, William A. (1996). Phonetic Symbol
Qp_ligature
Armenian script sometimes used for Turkish until 1928
Although the Armenian alphabet fits the Turkish phonology very well, a few digraphs are needed to write all Turkish sounds, especially vowels. Some of them
Armeno-Turkish_alphabet
Digraph of the Latin alphabet
dictionary. N-apostrophe (’n, a letter ⟨n⟩ preceded by an apostrophe) is a digraph used in Afrikaans, a language spoken in South Africa and Namibia. The letter
N-apostrophe
Cyrillic letter
being used now in Synodal Church Slavonic editions as the first element of digraph Oy/oy (see Uk (Cyrillic) for more details), and in the editions of Old
O_(Cyrillic)
Cyrillic letter
transcriptions of English letter ⟨u⟩ (in open syllables), and also of the ⟨ew⟩ digraph. The sound [y], like ⟨u⟩ in French and ⟨ü⟩ in German, may also be approximated
Yu_(Cyrillic)
Structure-preserving correspondence between node-link graphs
Combinatorics, 15 (1): A1, doi:10.37236/919 Gray, Charles T. (2014), The Digraph Lattice (PDF) (AMSI Vacation Research Scholarships Archived 2018-08-14
Graph_homomorphism
How Yiddish is spelled and written
combining points, and the vov and yud digraphs, are not counted as separate letters, nor are the additional consonant digraphs and trigraphs listed at all: דער
Yiddish_orthography
Latin letter S with caron
Hungarian do not use š. Polish uses the digraph sz. Hungarian uses the basic Latin letter s and uses the digraph sz as equivalent to most other languages
Š
Cyrillic letter representing /ʎ/ in Macedonian, Serbian, and other languages
lateral approximant /lʲ/, which is in some languages represented by the digraph ⟨ль⟩ and pronounced /lʲ/ like the ⟨ll⟩ in "million". Compare Latvian ⟨ļ⟩
Lje
Rules for writing the Welsh language
transcription delimiters. Welsh orthography uses 29 letters (including eight digraphs) of the Latin script to write native Welsh words as well as established
Welsh_orthography
Using multiple writing systems for one language
not yet include digraphia, enters two terms, digraph and digraphic. First, the linguistic term digraph is defined as, "A group of two letters expressing
Digraphia
Topics referred to by the same term
Netherlands, formerly Arke, a Dutch charter airline (by IATA designator) Or (digraph), in the Uzbek alphabet Or (letter) (or forfeda), in Ogham, the Celtic
Or
Braille alphabet used in the Philippines
braille alphabet used for Grade-1 English Braille, so the print digraph ng is written as a digraph ⠝⠛ in braille as well. The print letter ñ is rendered with
Philippine_Braille
Topics referred to by the same term
script for a High priest or Priestess (meaning "lord", or "priest") En (digraph) /‹en›/, a phoneme En (Cyrillic), 15th letter of the Cyrillic alphabet
EN
quadrigraphs exist in English that are more commonly sounded as two separate digraphs. However, when used in word-initial position they become one single sound:
List of Latin-script tetragraphs
List_of_Latin-script_tetragraphs
Braille system for Welsh
the Welsh language. Except for ⠡ ch and ⠹ th, print digraphs in the Welsh alphabet are digraphs in braille as well: ⠙⠙ dd, ⠋⠋ ff, ⠝⠛ ng, ⠇⠇ ll, ⠏⠓ ph
Welsh_Braille
Orthography of the Italian language
semivowels, and a silent ⟨h⟩ is used in a very few cases other than the digraphs ⟨ch⟩ and ⟨gh⟩ (used for the hard ⟨c⟩ and ⟨g⟩ sounds before ⟨e⟩ and ⟨i⟩)
Italian_orthography
Graph of numbers differing by a square
self-complementarity properties, while Erdős and Rényi studied their symmetries. Paley digraphs are directed analogs of Paley graphs that yield antisymmetric conference
Paley_graph
Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ɲ⟩ in IPA
the sound is represented by the digraph ⟨gn⟩. Occitan uses the digraph ⟨nh⟩, the source of the same Portuguese digraph called ene-agá (lit. 'en-aitch')
Voiced_palatal_nasal
Japanese syllabary
mora in the Japanese language is represented by one character (or one digraph) in each system. This may be a vowel such as /a/ (hiragana あ); a consonant
Hiragana
Fifteenth letter of the Latin alphabet
is most commonly an unrounded back [ɑ] to a central vowel [a]. Common digraphs include ⟨oo⟩, which represents either /uː/, /ʊ/ or /ʌ/; ⟨oi⟩ or ⟨oy⟩, which
O
DIGRAPH
DIGRAPH
DIGRAPH
DIGRAPH
Boy/Male
Finnish, German
Rock; Stone
Boy/Male
Hindu
Light, Shine
Girl/Female
Australian, Irish, Jamaican
Once Choice; Island; From Ennis
Boy/Male
Irish
From Cashel.
Boy/Male
Indian
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Cockrell.
Boy/Male
English Irish
Lives on the brook island.
Girl/Female
Australian, British, Christian, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Polish
Derived from the Feminine Form of the Roman Clan Name Hortensius; Of the Garden
Boy/Male
Bengali, Hindu, Indian, Malayalam
Lord of Time; Secret Picture
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Telugu
Young Krishna
DIGRAPH
DIGRAPH
DIGRAPH
DIGRAPH
DIGRAPH
n.
A digraph.
n.
The immovable union of two joints of a crinoidal arm. T () the twentieth letter of the English alphabet, is a nonvocal consonant. With the letter h it forms the digraph th, which has two distinct sounds, as in thin, then. See Guide to Pronunciation, //262-264, and also //153, 156, 169, 172, 176, 178-180.
v. t.
To fetter; to shackle; to chain. H () the eighth letter of the English alphabet, is classed among the consonants, and is formed with the mouth organs in the same position as that of the succeeding vowel. It is used with certain consonants to form digraphs representing sounds which are not found in the alphabet, as sh, th, /, as in shall, thing, /ine (for zh see /274); also, to modify the sounds of some other letters, as when placed after c and p, with the former of which it represents a compound sound like that of tsh, as in charm (written also tch as in catch), with the latter, the sound of f, as in phase, phantom. In some words, mostly derived or introduced from foreign languages, h following c and g indicates that those consonants have the hard sound before e, i, and y, as in chemistry, chiromancy, chyle, Ghent, Ghibelline, etc.; in some others, ch has the sound of sh, as in chicane. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 153, 179, 181-3, 237-8.
n.
A vowel digraph; a union of two vowels in the same syllable, only one of them being sounded; as, ai in rain, eo in people; -- called an improper diphthong.
n. pl.
An order of curious parasitic worms found on crinoids. The body is short and disklike, with four pairs of suckers and five pairs of hook-bearing parapodia on the under side. N () the fourteenth letter of English alphabet, is a vocal consonent, and, in allusion to its mode of formation, is called the dentinasal or linguanasal consonent. Its commoner sound is that heard in ran, done; but when immediately followed in the same word by the sound of g hard or k (as in single, sink, conquer), it usually represents the same sound as the digraph ng in sing, bring, etc. This is a simple but related sound, and is called the gutturo-nasal consonent. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 243-246.
n.
A combination of two written vowels pronounced as one; a digraph.
n.
A genus of large edentulous sirenians, allied to the dugong and manatee, including but one species (R. Stelleri); -- called also Steller's sea cow. S () the nineteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a consonant, and is often called a sibilant, in allusion to its hissing sound. It has two principal sounds; one a mere hissing, as in sack, this; the other a vocal hissing (the same as that of z), as in is, wise. Besides these it sometimes has the sounds of sh and zh, as in sure, measure. It generally has its hissing sound at the beginning of words, but in the middle and at the end of words its sound is determined by usage. In a few words it is silent, as in isle, debris. With the letter h it forms the digraph sh. See Guide to pronunciation, // 255-261.
n.
Two signs or characters combined to express a single articulated sound; as ea in head, or th in bath.
a.
Of or pertaining to a digraph.