Definitions For Triphthong
Noun
TRIPHTHONG (plural TRIPHTHONGs) A monosyllabic vowel combination usually involving a quick but smooth movement from one vowel to another that passes over a third one.Derived terms
triphthongalTranslations
Arabic: ترفثنغ Armenian: եռաբարբառ Breton: triftongenn Bulgarian: трифтонг, m Catalan: triftong, m Chinese: : Mandarin: 三合元音 (sānhé yuányīn, sc=Hani), 三元音 (sānyuányīn) Dutch: drieklank, m, triftong, m, f Esperanto: triftongo Faroese: tríljóð, n Finnish: triftongi French: triphtongue, f Galician: tritongo, m German: Triphthong, m Greek: : Ancient: τρίφθογγος, f Hungarian: hármashangzó, triftongus Ido: triftongo Italian: trittongo, m Japanese: 三重音字 (さんじゅうおんじ, sanjū onji, sc=Jpan), 三重字 (さんじゅうじ, sanjūji, sc=Jpan) Kazakh: трифтонг, m Latvian: triftongs, m Limburgish: triftong Macedonian: трифтонг, m Norwegian: triftong Polish: tryftong, m Portuguese: tritongo, m Romanian: triftong, m Russian: трифто́нг, m Serbo-Croatian: : Cyrillic: трѝфтонг, m : Roman: trìftong, m Slovak: trojhláska, f Spanish: triptongo, m Swedish: triftong Ukrainian: трифтонг, m Welsh: trisain, fSee also
diphthongEtymology
From the (Ancient Greek) τρίφθογγος, , triphthong, having three voices, from τρία, , three + φθόγγος, , sound.Is Triphthong a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
YES
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
YES
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
19
Words with Friends
20
The word Triphthong is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends