hexagraph

English

Etymology

hexa- +‎ -graph

Noun

hexagraph (plural hexagraphs)

1. (linguistics) A specific sequence of six letters, especially one used collectively to represent a single phoneme.

Related terms

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