Definition of Triphthongal

1. a. Of or pertaining to a triphthong; consisting of three vowel sounds pronounced together in a single syllable.

Definition of Triphthongal

1. Adjective. Pertaining to a triphthong. ¹

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Definition of Triphthongal

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Triphthongal

triphosphatases
triphosphate
triphosphates
triphosphirane
triphosphoinositide
triphosphoinositides
triphosphopyridine
triphosphopyridine nucleotide
triphosphopyridine nucleotides
triphosphoric acid
triphosphoric acids
triphosphorylated
triphoton
triphotons
triphthong
triphthongal (current term)
triphthongize
triphthongized
triphthongizes
triphthongizing
triphthongs
triphyline
triphylines
triphylite
triphyllous
tripiest
tripinnate
tripinnated
tripinnately
tripinnatifid

Literary usage of Triphthongal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Compendium of Tachygraphy: Or, Lindsley's Phonetic Shorthand by David Philip Lindsley (1867)
"In the triphthongal combinations, spr, str, skr, and spl, s is written with the long sign, and pr, tr, kr, and pi are treated as compounds. REMARK. ..."

2. The Chinese Repository (1843)
"... in sirrah;—for a 6th, in tir;— for a 7th, (triphthongal,) in l.iml. " The letter o stands for one simple sound, in O, no, omen, mote, poem;— for a 3d, ..."

3. Bibliotheca Sacra and Theological Review (1859)
"... occurring initially, and each admitting an 1 also in threefold combination : like, for consonants, the triphthongal combinations among vowels (as eot, ..."

4. The Occitan Translations of John XII and XIII-XVII from a Fourteenth-century by Marvyn Roy Harris (1985)
"... eu has without exception evolved to triphthongal ieu. In addition to the examples of y eu ~ ieu, mieu (also t-, s-ieu), ..."

5. Desultory Notes on the Government and People of China, and on the Chinese by Thomas Taylor Meadows (1847)
"... their position be changed a second time, the whole enunciation becomes triphthongal. Thus the letters i and u, as heard in thine and cube, ..."

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