Consonant
11consonant — [adj] agreeing, consistent accordant, according, agnate, akin, alike, analogous, blending, coincident, comparable, compatible, concordant, conformable, congenial, congruous, correspondent, corresponding, harmonious, in agreement, in rapport, like …
12consonant — [kän′sənənt] adj. [OFr < L consonans: see CONSONANCE] 1. in harmony or agreement; in accord 2. harmonious in tone: opposed to DISSONANT 3. Prosody having consonance 4. consonantal n. 1. a …
13Consonant — Not to be confused with the musical concept of consonance For the alternative rock group, see Consonant (band). Places of articulation Labial Bilabial Labial–velar Labial–coronal Labiodental …
14consonant — I adj. (formal) consonant to, with II n. 1) to articulate, pronounce a consonant 2) a dental; double, geminate; final; guttural; hard; labial; liquid; soft; unvoiced; velar; voiced consonant 3) (misc.) a consonant cluster * * * [ kɒnsənənt]… …
15consonant — {{11}}consonant (adj.) early 15c., from O.Fr. consonant (13c.), from L. consonantem (nom. consonans), prp. of consonare (see CONSONANT (Cf. consonant) (n.)). {{12}}consonant (n.) early 14c., sound other than a vowel, from L. consonantem (nom.… …
16consonant — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin consonant , consonans, present participle of consonare to sound together, agree, from com + sonare to sound more at sound Date: 15th century 1. being in agreement or harmony ; free from elements… …
17consonant — consonantlike, adj. consonantly, adv. /kon seuh neuhnt/, n. 1. Phonet. a. (in English articulation) a speech sound produced by occluding with or without releasing /p, b; t, d; k, g/, diverting /m, n, ng/, or obstructing /f, v; s, z/ etc., the… …
18consonant — con|so|nant1 [ˈkɔnsənənt US ˈka:n ] n 1.) a speech sound made by partly or completely stopping the flow of air through your mouth →↑vowel 2.) a letter that represents a consonant sound. The letters a , e , i , o , u , and sometimes y represent… …
19consonant — I UK [ˈkɒnsənənt] / US [ˈkɑnsənənt] noun [countable] Word forms consonant : singular consonant plural consonants * 1) linguistics a speech sound made by stopping all or some of the air going out of your mouth 2) a letter of the alphabet used as a …
20consonant — con|so|nant1 [ kansənənt ] noun count * a speech sound made by stopping all or some of the air going out of your mouth a. a letter of the alphabet used as a symbol for a consonant . All the letters of the English alphabet are consonants except… …
