Consonant

//ˈkɒn.sə.nənt//

Synonyms for "consonant" (267 found)

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manner of articulation measured mechanical methodic methodical mid modification monodic monolithic monophonic monophthong monophthongal morphophoneme musical mute muted narrow nasal nasalized natural

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occlusive of a piece of like mind of one mind on all fours open ordered orderly ornery oxytone palatal palatalized parallel parasitic vowel peak persistent pharyngeal pharyngealization pharyngealized phone phoneme phonemic phonetic phonic pitch pitched plangent plosive positive posttonic proportionate prothetic vowel reconcilable regular resonant resounding retroflex ringing robotlike rotund rounded seemly segmental phoneme self-consistent semivowel similar smooth soft sonant sonority sonorous speech sound stable steadfast steady stop stopped stressed strong surd syllabic syllabic nucleus syllabic peak syllable symbiotic sympathetic sympathy symphonious synchronized synchronous systematic tense thick throaty tonal tonic transition sound triphthong tuned twangy unaccented unanimous unbroken unchangeable unchanged unchanging undeviating undifferentiated undiversified uniform unison unisonant unisonous unrounded unruffled unstressed unvaried unvarying velar vibrant vocable vocalic vocoid voice voiced voiced sound voiceless voiceless sound voicing vowel vowellike weak wide

Related word relations

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10 relation types

More general

6 entries

alphabetic character letter letter of the alphabet phone sound speech sound

Antonyms

6 entries

disconsonant discordant vocal vowel vowels

Synonyms

2 entries

conformable harmonical

Related terms

4 entries

consonance consonantal semivowel vowel

derived

19 entries

consonant cluster consonant gradation consonant rhyme consonant stem consonantary consonanthood consonantic consonantism consonantize consonantless consonantly consonantness contoid inconsonant linking consonant nasal consonant

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distinct from

3 entries

vocal vowel vowels

has context

2 entries

music phonetics

is a

3 entries

letter phone phoneme

related to

20 entries

accordant agreement alphabet ant con consonance consonantal grammar harmony her land letter part part alphabet semivowel son

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similar

2 entries

consistent harmonious

Translations

219 translations across 99 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

konsonant noun (sound)

Albanian

1 entries

bashkëtingëllore noun (sound)

Ancient Greek

2 entries

σύμφωνον noun (sound)
σύμφωνον noun (letter)

Arabic

2 entries

حَرْف noun (letter)
صَامِت noun (sound)

Armenian

2 entries

բաղաձայն noun (sound)
բաղաձայն noun (letter)

Asturian

2 entries

consonante noun (sound)
consonante noun (letter)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

samit noun (sound)

Bashkir

2 entries

тартынҡы noun (sound)
тартынҡы noun (letter)

Basque

2 entries

kontsonante noun (sound)
kontsonante noun (letter)

Belarusian

2 entries

зы́чная noun (letter)
зы́чны noun (sound)

Breton

1 entries

kensonenn noun (sound)

Bulgarian

4 entries

съзвучен adj (Characterized by harmony or agreement)
хармоничен adj (Characterized by harmony or agreement)
съгла́сна noun (sound)
съгла́сна noun (letter)

Burmese

1 entries

ဗျည်း noun (sound)

Catalan

3 entries

consonant adj (Characterized by harmony or agreement)
consonant noun (sound)
consonant noun (letter)

Central Dusun

1 entries

konsonon noun (letter)

Chechen

2 entries

мукъамаза noun (sound)
мукъамаза noun (letter)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

子音 noun (sound)
子音 noun (letter)
輔音 /辅音 noun (sound)

Cornish

1 entries

kessonen noun (sound)

Corsican

2 entries

cunsunante noun (sound)
cunsunante noun (letter)

Czech

2 entries

souhláska noun (sound)
souhláska noun (letter)

Danish

2 entries

konsonant noun (sound)
konsonant noun (letter)

Dutch

3 entries

consonant noun (sound)
medeklinker noun (sound)
medeklinker noun (letter)

Esperanto

2 entries

konsonanto noun (sound)
konsonanto noun (letter)

Estonian

2 entries

kaashäälik noun (sound)
konsonant noun (sound)

Faroese

2 entries

hjáljóð noun (sound)
hjáljóð noun (letter)

Finnish

4 entries

sointuva adj (Characterized by harmony or agreement)
sopusointuinen adj (Characterized by harmony or agreement)
kerake noun (sound)
kerake noun (letter)

French

3 entries

consonant adj (Characterized by harmony or agreement)
consonne noun (sound)
consonne noun (letter)

Galician

2 entries

consoante noun (sound)
consoante noun (letter)

Georgian

3 entries

შეთანხმებული adj (Characterized by harmony or agreement)
თანხმოვანი noun (sound)
თანხმოვანი noun (letter)

German

4 entries

konsonantisch adj (Characterized by harmony or agreement)
Konsonant noun (sound)
Konsonant noun (letter)
Mitlaut noun (sound)

Greek

2 entries

σύμφωνο noun (sound)
σύμφωνο noun (letter)

Greenlandic

2 entries

aappersariaq noun (sound)
aappersariaq noun (letter)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

konsòn noun (sound)

Hebrew

2 entries

עיצור \ עִצּוּר noun (sound)
עיצור \ עִצּוּר noun (letter)

Hindi

2 entries

व्यंजन noun (sound)
व्यंजन वर्ण noun (letter)

Hungarian

4 entries

konszonáns adj (Characterized by harmony or agreement)
mássalhangzó noun (sound)
mássalhangzó noun (letter)
mássalhangzóbetű noun (letter)

Icelandic

2 entries

samhljóð noun (sound)
samhljóði noun (letter)

Ido

2 entries

konsonanto noun (sound)
konsonanto noun (letter)

Indonesian

4 entries

huruf mati noun (sound)
huruf mati noun (letter)
konsonan noun (sound)
konsonan noun (letter)

Ingrian

4 entries

konsonantta noun (sound)
konsonantta noun (letter)
soglasnoi noun (sound)
soglasnoi noun (letter)

Interlingua

2 entries

consonante noun (sound)
consonante noun (letter)

Iranian Persian

2 entries

صامِت noun (sound)
هَمْخوان noun (sound)

Irish

1 entries

consan noun (sound)

Italian

3 entries

consonante adj (Characterized by harmony or agreement)
consonante noun (sound)
consonante noun (letter)

Japanese

3 entries

子音 noun (sound)
子音 noun (letter)
子音字 noun (letter)

Kankanaey

2 entries

katinig noun (sound)
katinig noun (letter)

Kazakh

1 entries

дауыссыз дыбыс noun (sound)

Khmer

2 entries

ព្យញ្ជនៈ noun (sound)
ព្យញ្ជនៈ noun (letter)

Korean

3 entries

닿소리 noun (sound)
자음 noun (sound)
자음 noun (letter)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

үнсүз noun (sound)

Lao

2 entries

ພະຍັນຊະນະ noun (sound)
ພະຍັນຊະນະ noun (letter)

Latin

1 entries

consonans noun (sound)

Latvian

1 entries

līdzskanis noun (sound)

Lithuanian

1 entries

priebalsis noun (sound)

Macedonian

2 entries

согласка noun (sound)
согласка noun (letter)

Malay

4 entries

bunyi mati noun (sound)
huruf mati noun (letter)
konsonan noun (sound)
konsonan noun (letter)

Malayalam

3 entries

വ്യഞ്ജനം noun (sound)
വ്യഞ്ജനം noun (letter)
വ്യഞ്ജനാക്ഷരം noun (letter)

Middle High German

1 entries

consonant noun (letter)

Mongolian

1 entries

гийгүүлэгч noun (sound)

Māori

1 entries

orokati noun (sound)

Navajo

1 entries

zátłah noun (sound)

Norman

2 entries

consonne noun (sound)
consonne noun (letter)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

dengdar noun (sound)

Northern Mansi

1 entries

туртал суй noun (sound)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

konsonant noun (sound)

Pashto

4 entries

بې غږه noun (sound)
بې ږغه noun (sound)
صامت noun (sound)
غيرغږيز noun (sound)

Polish

2 entries

spółgłoska noun (sound)
spółgłoska noun (letter)

Portuguese

4 entries

concordante adj (Characterized by harmony or agreement)
consoante adj (Characterized by harmony or agreement)
consoante noun (sound)
consoante noun (letter)

Romanian

2 entries

consoană noun (sound)
consoană noun (letter)

Romansch

2 entries

consonant noun (sound)
consonant noun (letter)

Russian

4 entries

совместимый adj (Characterized by harmony or agreement)
согла́сный adj (Characterized by harmony or agreement)
согла́сная noun (letter)
согла́сный noun (sound)

Sanskrit

2 entries

व्यञ्जन noun (sound)
व्यञ्जन noun (letter)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

connrag noun (sound)
connrag noun (letter)
consan noun (sound)
consan noun (letter)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

suglas noun (sound)
suglas noun (letter)
sùglasnīk noun (sound)
sùglasnīk noun (letter)

Slovak

3 entries

súhlasný adj (Characterized by harmony or agreement)
spoluhláska noun (sound)
spoluhláska noun (letter)

Slovene

1 entries

soglasnik noun (sound)

Southern Altai

1 entries

туйук noun (sound)

Spanish

3 entries

consonante adj (Characterized by harmony or agreement)
consonante noun (sound)
consonante noun (letter)

Swahili

2 entries

konsonanti noun (sound)
konsonanti noun (letter)

Swedish

4 entries

konsonant noun (sound)
konsonant noun (letter)
konsonantljud noun (sound)
medljud noun (sound)

Tagalog

1 entries

katinig noun (sound)

Tajik

1 entries

ҳамсадо noun (sound)

Tamil

2 entries

ஒற்று noun (sound)
மெய்யெழுத்து noun (letter)

Telugu

2 entries

హల్లు noun (sound)
హల్లు noun (letter)

Thai

2 entries

พยัญชนะ noun (sound)
พยัญชนะ noun (letter)

Turkish

4 entries

sessiz noun (sound)
sessiz noun (letter)
ünsüz noun (sound)
ünsüz noun (letter)

Turkmen

1 entries

çekimsiz noun (sound)

Ukrainian

3 entries

при́голосна noun (letter)
при́голосний noun (sound)
шелесті́вка noun (sound)

Urdu

2 entries

صامِت noun (sound)
مُصَمَّتَہ noun (sound)

Uyghur

1 entries

ئۈزۈك تاۋۇش noun (sound)

Uzbek

1 entries

ohangdosh noun (sound)

Vietnamese

1 entries

phụ âm noun (sound)

Volapük

4 entries

konsonat noun (sound)
konsonat noun (letter)
konsonataton noun (sound)
konsonatatonat noun (letter)

Walloon

2 entries

cossoune noun (sound)
cossoune noun (letter)

Welsh

4 entries

cydgordiol adj (Characterized by harmony or agreement)
cydseiniol adj (Characterized by harmony or agreement)
cyflafar adj (Characterized by harmony or agreement)
cytsain noun (sound)

Xhosa

1 entries

ulwazi lwezandi noun (sound)

Yiddish

1 entries

קאָנסאָנאַנט noun (sound)

Yoruba

2 entries

kọ́ńsónáǹtì noun (sound)
kọ́ńsónáǹtì noun (letter)

Zulu

1 entries

ungwaqa class 1a/2a noun (sound)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

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Liaison occurs in spoken French when a word which ends with a consonant that is normally not pronounced is followed by a word which begins with a vowel. In these cases, the consonant is sometimes pronounced as if it were at the beginning of the following word.

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The letter T is a common consonant.

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What is your favorite consonant?

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This consonant tends to become voiced between vowels.

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Consonant

Synonyms for "consonant" (267 found)

Closest matches (54)

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Related words (133)

Related word relations

More general

Antonyms

Synonyms

Related terms

derived

distinct from

has context

is a

related to

similar

Translations

Afrikaans

Albanian

Ancient Greek

Arabic

Armenian

Asturian

Azerbaijani

Bashkir

Basque

Belarusian

Breton

Bulgarian

Burmese

Catalan

Central Dusun

Chechen

Chinese Mandarin

Cornish

Corsican

Czech

Danish

Dutch

Esperanto

Estonian

Faroese

Finnish

French

Galician

Georgian

German

Greek

Greenlandic

Haitian Creole

Hebrew

Hindi

Hungarian

Icelandic

Ido

Indonesian

Ingrian

Interlingua

Iranian Persian

Irish

Italian

Japanese

Kankanaey

Kazakh

Khmer

Korean

Kyrgyz

Lao

Latin

Latvian

Lithuanian

Macedonian

Malay

Malayalam

Middle High German

Mongolian

Māori

Navajo

Norman

Northern Kurdish