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Definition of: triphthong
(trif′thông, -thong, trip′-) noun
1. A combination of three vowel sounds in one syllable, as in one pronunciation of fire.
2. A trigraph composed of vowels, as in beau. [<TRI- + (DI)PHTHONG]
—triph·thon′gal adjective
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