triphtongue
French, noun/tʁif.tɔ̃ɡ/
triphtongue is spelled T-R-I-P-H-T-O-N-G-U-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 95 million words in written French, the 304,757th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Triphtongue is a French feminine noun meaning “triphthong (monosyllabic vowel combination involving movement from one vowel to another)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Syllabe composée de trois voyelles qu’on prononce d’une seule émission de voix”.
What does triphtongue mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetriphthong (monosyllabic vowel combination involving movement from one vowel to another)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Syllabe composée de trois voyelles qu’on prononce d’une seule émission de voix.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of triphtongue
- triphtongues plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce triphtongue?
- /tʁif.tɔ̃ɡ/
- \tʁif.tɔ̃ɡ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is triphtongue in French?
triphtongue appears about once in every 95 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).