digraph
A two-character sequence used to enter a single conceptual character.
Noun computing, engineering
- A two-character sequence used to enter a single conceptual character.
Hypernyms: polygraph
Coordinate Terms: pseudodigraph trigraph monograph
- A pair of letters, especially a pair representing a single phoneme.
- 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:
- 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:
Coordinate Terms: pseudodigraph trigraph monograph
- a sequence of two lines, each of which may be unbroken, broken once, or broken twice.
Origin
From Ancient Greek δίς (dís, “double”) + γράφω (gráphō, “write”), equivalent to di- + -graph.
Forms
Related
trigraph tetragraph pentagraph hexagraph heptagraph octagraph monophthong diphthong triphthong ligature
Derived
Noun graph theory, mathematics
- A directed graph.
Origin
Blend of directed + graph.