- Gni (trigraph)
Gni is a trigraph used in French to write the sound IPA|/ɲ/ in a few words such as "châtaignier" IPA|/ʃɑtɛɲe/.
It is used also in Portuguese. For instance, in "magnitude", that is read "mahg-nee-too-dee".
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Gni (trigraph)
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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
