digraph

See also: Digraph

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdaɪɡɹɑːf/, /ˈdaɪɡɹæf/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Etymology 1

Blend of directed +‎ graph.

Noun

digraph (plural digraphs)

1. (graph theory) A directed graph.

   Hyponym: multidigraph

Derived terms

• acyclic digraph

Translations

directed graph — see directed graph

See also

Other terms of interest

• adjacency matrix
• finite relation
• incidence matrix

 

Further reading

• Directed graph on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek δίς (dís, “double”) + γράφω (gráphō, “write”), equivalent to di- +‎ -graph.

Noun

digraph (plural digraphs)

1. (computing) A two-character sequence used to enter a single conceptual character.
2. (linguistics) A pair of letters, especially a pair representing a single phoneme.

   Hypernym: grapheme

   Hyponyms: diphthong, ligature

   • 2022 November 7, Sarah Forst, “How to Teach Consonant Digraphs”, in The Designer Teacher‎^[1]:

     As a special education teacher, I find that introducing one or two digraphs a week works well.

   • 2023 November 14, Bronwyn, “What Is a Digraph? Understanding This Phonics Building Block”, in TeachStarter‎^[2]:

     A consonant digraph is a combination of two consonants that represent one sound.

3. (divination of the Taixuanjing) a sequence of two lines, each of which may be unbroken, broken once, or broken twice.

Derived terms

• digraphic
• pseudodigraph
• subdigraph

 

Related terms

• trigraph
• tetragraph
• pentagraph
• hexagraph
• heptagraph
• octagraph
• monophthong
• diphthong
• triphthong
• ligature

 

Translations

computing: two-character sequence

• Dutch: digraaf (nl) c
• Finnish: digrafi (fi)
• German: Digraph (de) m
• Irish: délitir f
• Russian: дигра́ф (ru) m (digráf)
• Spanish: dígrafo (es) m

pair of letters

• Catalan: dígraf (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 二合字母 (èrhézìmǔ)

• Czech: digraf m
• Dutch: digraaf (nl) c
• Esperanto: duliteraĵo, digramo, digrafo
• Finnish: kaksoiskirjain, digrafi (fi)
• French: digramme (fr) m
• German: Digraph (de) m
• Hungarian: kettős betű, digráf
• Irish: délitir f
• Italian: digramma f
• Malay: digraf, dwihuruf, dwilambang
• Nepali: संयुक्ताक्षर (samyuktākṣar)
• Polish: dwuznak (pl) m
• Portuguese: dígrafo (pt) m
• Russian: дигра́ф (ru) m (digráf), дигра́мма (ru) f (digrámma)
• Slovak: digraf (sk)
• Spanish: dígrafo (es) m
• Vietnamese: chữ ghép

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Translations to be checked

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} digrafo

Further reading

• Digraph (orthography) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Multigraph (orthography) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia