digram

ˈdaɪˌɡræm

Definition

Definition of digram - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

linguistics

TECH.

two letters representing a single sound

TECH.

The 'ph' in 'phone' is a digram.

digraph

ligature

pair

letters

TECH.

pair of successive letters in a word

TECH.

The word 'book' contains the digram 'oo'.

bigram

digraph

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Origin of digram

Greek, di (two) + gramma (letter)

Examples of digram in a sentence

In 'knight', 'kn' forms a digram.
The digram 'th' is common in English.
Linguists study digrams to understand language patterns.

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French:digramme, bigramme, ...
German:Digraph, Digramm, ...
Italian:digramma, coppia di lettere, ...
Spanish:dígrafo, digrama, ...
Portuguese:dígrafo, bigrama, ...
Chinese:二合字母, 字母组合, ...
Japanese:二重音字, 二文字組, ...
Arabic:ثنائي الحرف, ثنائي الحروف, ...
Hebrew:דִּיגְרָם, זוּג אוֹתִיּוֹת, ...
Russian:диграмма, двубуквие, ...
Ukrainian:диграф, диграма, ...
Hindi:द्व्यक्षर, डायग्राम, ...
Bengali:দ্ব্যক্ষর, ডাইগ্রাম, ...
Catalan:dígrama, dígraf, ...
Czech:digraf, dvojice po sobě jdoucích písmen, ...
Danish:digram, digraf, ...
Dutch:digraaf, digram, ...
Greek:δίγραμμα, ...
Hungarian:digráf, betűkapcsolat, ...
Khmer:អក្សរគូ, អក្សរពីរតួជាប់គ្នា, ...
Korean:이중음자, 이중 문자, ...
Persian:دیگرام, جفت حروف, ...
Polish:dwuznak, para liter, ...
Portuguese (BR):dígrafo, digrama, ...
Romanian:digram, digramă, ...
Swedish:bokstavspar, digraf, ...
Thai:ตัวอักษรควบกล้ำ, คู่ตัวอักษร, ...
Turkish:digraf, ikili harf, ...
Vietnamese:cặp chữ, ...

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