In English, consonantal Y is a palatal approximant.
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Consonantal
//ˌkɑn.səˈnɛn.təl//
Synonyms for "consonantal" (63 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (19)
Related words (31)
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Antonyms
2 entriesderived
12 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
1 entriesTranslations
21 translations across 13 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- բաղաձայնային adj (of, relating to, or functioning as a consonant)
Asturian
2 entries- consonánticu adj (of, relating to, or functioning as a consonant)
- consonánticu adj (containing one or more consonants)
Belarusian
1 entries- зы́чны adj (of, relating to, or functioning as a consonant)
Catalan
1 entries- consonàntic adj (of, relating to, or functioning as a consonant)
Cornish
1 entries- kessonennel adj (of, relating to, or functioning as a consonant)
Czech
1 entries- souhláskový adj (of, relating to, or functioning as a consonant)
Finnish
4 entries- konsonantin sisältävä adj (containing one or more consonants)
- konsonantteja sisältävä adj (containing one or more consonants)
- konsonantti adj (of, relating to, or functioning as a consonant)
- konsonanttinen adj (of, relating to, or functioning as a consonant)
French
1 entries- consonantique adj (of, relating to, or functioning as a consonant)
German
3 entries- Konsonanten adj (of, relating to, or functioning as a consonant)
- konsonantig adj (of, relating to, or functioning as a consonant)
- konsonantisch adj (of, relating to, or functioning as a consonant)
Polish
2 entries- konsonantyczny adj (of, relating to, or functioning as a consonant)
- spółgłoskowy adj (of, relating to, or functioning as a consonant)
Romanian
1 entries- consonantic adj (of, relating to, or functioning as a consonant)
Russian
2 entries- консона́нтный adj (of, relating to, or functioning as a consonant)
- согла́сный adj (of, relating to, or functioning as a consonant)
Ukrainian
1 entries- при́голосний adj (of, relating to, or functioning as a consonant)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
English is difficult to pronounce because of its ambiguous vowels and diphthongs and consonantal clusters. Is it really suitable as an international language?
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As a Filipino, I know that English is not very pronounceable to many Filipinos. Anglophones think that English is easy to pronounce, which is not true. It is full of twisted consonantal clusters, shady vowels, and unsimple diphthongizations. Their unsimple tongue makes them incapable of pronouncing Spanish "jalapeño" and Japanese "karaoke" et cetera.
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That the character V had both a consonantal and a vowel sound is clear from the unanimous statements of the Roman grammarians, who say that frequently when before a vowel it becomes consonantal.
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