Consonant

//ˈkɒn.sə.nənt// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Consistent, harmonious, compatible, or in agreement.

    "Each one pretends that his opinion […] is consonant to the words there used."

  2. 2
    Having the same sound.

    "1645-1650, James Howell, Epistolae Ho-Elianae consonant words and syllables"

  3. 3
    Harmonizing together; accordant.

    "consonant tones; consonant chords"

  4. 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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    in keeping wordnet
  2. 2
    involving or characterized by harmony wordnet
Noun
  1. 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. 2
    a speech sound that is not a vowel wordnet
  3. 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. 4
    a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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).

Etymology 2

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).

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