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Definition of Consonantal
1. Adjective. Being or marked by or containing or functioning as a consonant. "A consonantal cluster"
2. Adjective. Relating to or having the nature of a consonant.
Definition of Consonantal
1. a. Of the nature of a consonant; pertaining to consonants.
Definition of Consonantal
1. Adjective. of, relating to, or functioning as a consonant ¹
2. Adjective. containing one or more consonants ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Consonantal
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Consonantal
Literary usage of Consonantal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Annals of the Deaf by Conference of Executives of American Schools for the Deaf (1915)
"I.—ERRORS IN THE consonantal SOUNDS. THE intelligibility of speech depends ...
The correct utterance of any consonantal sound is impossible if the position ..."
2. English Grammar: The English Language in Its Elements and Forms ; with a by William Chauncey Fowler (1855)
"consonantal, SOUNDS are those which can not be formed without bringing the ...
Though the consonantal sounds can be isolated, that is, separated from the ..."
3. A Short Historical English Grammar by Henry Sweet (1892)
"There are also irregular consonantal verbs, such as burn, burnt, compared with
the regular turn, turned. There is also a small class of specially irregular ..."
4. Modern Philology: Its Discoveries, History, and Influence by Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight (1864)
"The Greek and Latin are very much alike in their consonantal systems : the Latin
and Gothic less so ; and the Greek and Gothic least of all. ..."
5. The English Language in Its Elements and Forms: With a History of Its Origin by William Chauncey Fowler (1855)
"consonantal SOUNDS are those which can not be formed without bringing the ...
Though the consonantal sounds can be isolated, that is, separated from the ..."
6. Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Edward Sapir (1921)
"The consonantal change in English, for instance, of book-s and bag-s (s in the
... Only the latter is a true illustration of consonantal modification as a ..."
7. Musical diction: an orthologic method for acquiring a perfect pronunciation by Camille Thurwanger (1910)
"QUALITY OF consonantal ARTICULATIONS 82. consonantal articulations in English
are explosive, and are made so by a muscular action of the tongue or lips ..."
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