单词 | consonantize |
释义 | consonantizev. transitive. To turn (a vowel) into a consonant (e.g. u into w); to make consonantal. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > consonant > make consonantal [verb (transitive)] consonantize1877 1877 H. Sweet Handbk. Phonetics 9 The French (w) is narrow, the English wide, the former being consonantized (u), the latter (u). 1879 H. Nicol in Encycl. Brit. IX. 632/1 French..always rejecting, absorbing, or consonantizing the vowel of the last syllable but one, if unaccented. Derivatives ˌconsonantiˈzation n. making into a consonant. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < v.1877 |
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