Referring to the list of French digraphs on Wikipedia, th
is not present in the list, suggesting the French language does not seem to consider it as a digraph.
However, there is an existing page for the th
digraph on French Wikipedia, listing its use in different languages, and stating:
This digraph is also sometimes used in other languages, such as French (in this case, the digraph comes from Ancient Greek), to represent the
/t/
sound.
In fact, most of the French words featuring th
seem to come from Ancient Greek:
- ἄνθρωπος (ánthropos): anthropologie
- ἐνθουσιασμός (enthousiasmós): enthousiasme
- μάθημα (máthēma): mathématique
- παθολογία (páthos): pathologie
- θερμός (thermós): thermomètre
- etc…
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