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三重母音 (sanjuuboin) Japanese meaning: triphthong | Kotomora

三さん重じゅう母ぼ音いん

さ

ん

じゅ

う

ぼ

い

ん

Meanings

1

triphthong

A linguistic term for a vowel sound that glides through three distinct qualities within a single syllable.

英えい語ごの「fire」の母ぼ音いんは三さん重じゅう母ぼ音いんの例れいとして挙あ

げ

られる

こと

が

ある

。

The vowel in English 'fire' is sometimes cited as an example of a triphthong.

Kanji

三three
重heavy, important, esteem
母mother
音sound, noise

Related words

二に重じゅう母ぼ音いん
二重母音 (diphthong) involves two vowel qualities, while 三重母音 involves three.
単たん母ぼ音いん
単母音 (monophthong) is a single, stable vowel quality, unlike the gliding nature of a triphthong.

Built from

三さん重じゅう+母ぼ音いん

Etymology

Compound of 三重 (さんじゅう, 'triple') and 母音 (ぼいん, 'vowel'), a straightforward calque of the English term 'triphthong'.