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Consonant
Definitions
- 1 Consistent, harmonious, compatible, or in agreement.
"Each one pretends that his opinion […] is consonant to the words there used."
- 2 Having the same sound.
"1645-1650, James Howell, Epistolae Ho-Elianae consonant words and syllables"
- 3 Harmonizing together; accordant.
"consonant tones; consonant chords"
- 4 Of or relating to consonants; made up of, or containing many, consonants.
"No Russian whose dissonant consonant name / Almost shatters to fragments the trumpet of fame."
- 1 in keeping wordnet
- 2 involving or characterized by harmony wordnet
- 1 A sound that results from the passage of air through restrictions of the oral cavity; any sound that is not the dominant sound of a syllable, the dominant sound generally being a vowel.
- 2 a speech sound that is not a vowel wordnet
- 3 A letter representing the sound of a consonant.
"Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language, he expressed the important words by an initial, a medial, or a final consonant, and made scratches for all the words between; his clerks, however, understood him very well."
- 4 a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English consonant or consonaunt, from Old French consonant, from Latin cōnsonāns (“sounding with”), from the prefix con- (“with”) + the present participle sonāns (“sounding”), from sonāre (“to sound”). The Latin is a calque of Ancient Greek σύμφωνον (súmphōnon).
From Middle English consonant or consonaunt, from Old French consonant, from Latin cōnsonāns (“sounding with”), from the prefix con- (“with”) + the present participle sonāns (“sounding”), from sonāre (“to sound”). The Latin is a calque of Ancient Greek σύμφωνον (súmphōnon).
See also for "consonant"
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