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digraph

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪˌɡɹɑːf/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪˌɡɹæf/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈdaɪˌɡræf/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A directed graph.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: graph-theory, mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A two-character sequence used to enter a single conceptual character.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: polygraph

3

noun

Meaning 3

A pair of letters, especially a pair representing a single phoneme.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: polygraph, grapheme

4

noun

Meaning 4

a sequence of two lines, each of which may be unbroken, broken once, or broken twice.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: divination of the Taixuanjing

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

two successive letters (especially two letters used to represent a single sound: `sh' in `shoe')

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: digram

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: letter, letter of the alphabet, alphabetic character

History

Etymology

Blend of directed + graph.

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

Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: digraaf — computing: two-character sequence
  • Finnish: digrafi — computing: two-character sequence
  • German: Digraph — computing: two-character sequence
  • Irish: délitir — computing: two-character sequence
  • Russian: дигра́ф (digráf) — computing: two-character sequence
  • Spanish: dígrafo — computing: two-character sequence
  • Asturian: dígrafu — pair of letters
  • Catalan: dígraf — pair of letters
  • Chinese Mandarin: 二合字母 (èrhézìmǔ) — pair of letters
  • Czech: digraf — pair of letters
  • Dutch: digraaf — pair of letters
  • Esperanto: duliteraĵo — pair of letters
  • Esperanto: digramo — pair of letters
  • Esperanto: digrafo — pair of letters
  • Finnish: kaksoiskirjain — pair of letters
  • Finnish: digrafi — pair of letters
  • French: digramme — pair of letters
  • German: Digraph — pair of letters
  • Hungarian: kettős betű — pair of letters
  • Hungarian: digráf — pair of letters
  • Irish: délitir — pair of letters
  • Italian: digramma — pair of letters
  • Lithuanian: dvi̇̀raidis — pair of letters
  • Malay: digraf — pair of letters
  • Malay: dwihuruf — pair of letters
  • Malay: dwilambang — pair of letters
  • Nepali: संयुक्ताक्षर (samyuktākṣar) — pair of letters
  • Polish: dwuznak — pair of letters
  • Portuguese: dígrafo — pair of letters
  • Russian: дигра́ф (digráf) — pair of letters
  • Russian: дигра́мма (digrámma) — pair of letters
  • Slovak: digraf — pair of letters
  • Spanish: dígrafo — pair of letters
  • Vietnamese: chữ ghép — pair of letters