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Definition of Consonant

1. Adjective. Involving or characterized by harmony.

2. Noun. A speech sound that is not a vowel.

3. Adjective. In keeping. "Expressed views concordant with his background"

4. Noun. A letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant.

Definition of Consonant

1. a. Having agreement; congruous; consistent; according; -- usually followed by with or to.

2. n. An articulate sound which in utterance is usually combined and sounded with an open sound called a vowel; a member of the spoken alphabet other than a vowel; also, a letter or character representing such a sound.

Definition of Consonant

1. Noun. (context: phonetics) 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. ¹

2. Noun. A letter representing the sound of a consonant. ¹

3. Adjective. Characterized by harmony or agreement. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Consonant

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Consonant

consoling consolingly consolings consolised consolized consols consolute consolute point consommation consomme

consommes consonance consonances consonancies consonancy consonant (current term) consonant gradation consonant rhyme consonant stem consonant system

consonantal consonantal system consonantism consonantize consonantized consonantizes consonantizing consonantly consonantness consonants

Literary usage of Consonant

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. On the Sensations of Tone as a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music by Hermann von Helmholtz (1912)
"The first problem is to determine under what conditions chords are. consonant, in which case they are termed concords. It is quite clear that the first ..."

2. The Latin Language: An Historical Account of Latin Sounds, Stems and Flexions by Wallace Martin Lindsay (1894)
"They form one of the greatest difficulties to English learners ; for u double consonant is unknown in our language, except in compound words ..."

3. English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1881)
"consonant, from the Latin consonant, participle of con and tono, ... consonant is employed in matters of representation ; accordant in matters of opinion or ..."

4. Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges: Founded on by Joseph Henry Allen, James Bradstreet Greenough, Benjamin Leonard D'Ooge (1903)
"The vowels i and u serve as consonants when pronounced rapidly before a vowel so as to stand in the same syllable.1 consonant i has the sound of English ..."

5. Classical Philology by University of Chicago press, JSTOR (Organization) (1908)
"and Varro RR, neve was used oftener before a consonant than before a vowel, ... Neve before a consonant may, therefore, be said to begin with 69.2 per cent, ..."

6. From Latin to Spanish by Paul M. Lloyd (1987)
"In ancient Latin all examples of a long vowel or diphthong plus a long stop consonant had been eliminated, usually by shortening the consonant, eg, ..."

7. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh by Royal Society of Edinburgh (1900)
"Accurately speaking, the difference between vowel and consonant is not one of ... To define either vowel or consonant, it is necessary first to define a ..."

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