different between ligature vs trigraph

English

Etymology

From Middle English ligature, from Middle French ligature, from Late Latin lig?tura, from Latin lig?tus, past participle of lig?re (“to tie, bind”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?l???t??/

Noun

ligature (countable and uncountable, plural ligatures)

1. (uncountable) The act of tying or binding something.
2. (countable) A cord or similar thing used to tie something; especially the thread used in surgery to close a vessel or duct.
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     He hid shoelaces or rope under cushions to use as ligatures.

3. A thread or wire used to remove tumours, etc.
4. The state of being bound or stiffened; stiffness.

   the ligature of a joint

5. (countable, typography) A character that visually combines multiple letters, such as æ, œ, ß or ?; also logotype. Sometimes called a typographic ligature.
6. (countable, music) A group of notes played as a phrase, or the curved line that indicates such a phrase.
7. (music) A curve or line connecting notes; a slur.
8. (countable) A piece used to hold a reed to the mouthpiece on woodwind instruments.
9. Impotence caused by magic or charms.

Derived terms

• ligature point

Related terms

• liaison
• ligate
• ligation

Translations

Verb

ligature (third-person singular simple present ligatures, present participle ligaturing, simple past and past participle ligatured)

1. (surgery) To ligate; to tie.

French

Etymology

From Middle French ligature, from Late Latin lig?tura, from Latin lig?tus, past participle of lig? (“tie, bind”). Compare the popular Old French liüre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.?a.ty?/

Noun

ligature f (plural ligatures)

1. a tie; the action of tying
2. a binding, notably in horticulture
3. ligature; a character that combines multiple letters; logotype.

Derived terms

• ligaturer

Related terms

• lier

Further reading

• “ligature” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• lugerait
• régulait

Latin

Participle

lig?t?re

1. vocative masculine singular of lig?t?rus

Middle English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French ligature, itself borrowed from Late Latin lig?t?ra. Doublet of lyoure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li??a?tiu?r(?)/

Noun

ligature (plural ligatures)

1. bandage, dressing
2. (rare) ligament

Descendants

• English: ligature

References

• “lig?t?re, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

English

Etymology

tri- +? -graph

Noun

trigraph (plural trigraphs)

1. (linguistics) A specific sequence of three letters, especially one used collectively to represent a single phoneme.
2. (computing) A three-character sequence used to enter a single conceptual character.

Related terms

• digraph
• triphthong

Translations

See also

• ligature