Consonanthood

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The property of being a consonant. uncountable

    "However, since timing tiers lack the information of consonanthood and vowelhood in other syllable theories, consonanthood and vowelhood must be defined in different ways depending on phonological theories."

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consonantism

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"However, since timing tiers lack the information of consonanthood and vowelhood in other syllable theories, consonanthood and vowelhood must be defined in different ways depending on phonological theories."

Etymology

From consonant + -hood.

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