Guë (trigraph)

Guë (trigraph)

Guë and güe are trigraphs used in French to write the sound IPA|/ɡy/ at the ends of words that end in the feminine suffix "-e," such as "aiguë" "sharp" and "ambiguë" "ambiguous". In the French spelling reform of 1990, it was recommended that traditional "guë" be changed to "güe."


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  • Trigraph (orthography) — A trigraph (from the Greek: τρεῖς, treîs, three and γράφω, gráphō, write ) is a group of three letters used to represent a single sound or a combination of sounds that does not correspond to the written letters combined. For example, in the word… …   Wikipedia

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