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as·so·nance A0477700 (ăs′ə-nəns)n.1. Resemblance of sound, especially of the vowel sounds in words, as in: "that dolphin-torn, that gong-tormented sea" (William Butler Yeats).2. The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds, especially in stressed syllables, with changes in the intervening consonants, as in the phrase tilting at windmills.3. Rough similarity; approximate agreement.
[French, from Latin assonāre, to respond to : ad-, ad- + sonāre, to sound; see swen- in Indo-European roots.]
as′so·nant adj. & n.as′so·nan′tal (-năn′tl) adj.assonance (ˈæsənəns) n1. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) the use of the same vowel sound with different consonants or the same consonant with different vowels in successive words or stressed syllables, as in a line of verse. Examples are time and light or mystery and mastery2. partial correspondence; rough similarity[C18: from French, from Latin assonāre to sound, from sonāre to sound] ˈassonant adj, n assonantal adjas•so•nance (ˈæs ə nəns)
n. 1. similarity of sounds in words or syllables. 2. rhyme in which the same vowel sounds are used with different consonants in the stressed syllables of the rhyming words, as in penitent and reticence. [1720–30; < French, =asson(ant) (< Latin assonant-, s. of assonāns, present participle of assonāre to sound; see as-, sound1)] as′so•nant, adj., n. as`so•nan′tal (-ˈnæn tl) as`so•nan′tic, adj. assonance - The condition of the words of a phrase or verse having the same sound or termination without rhyming.See also related terms for rhyme.assonancelikeness or approximate similarity in sound.See also: Sound
resemblance of sound, particularly vowel sounds, occurring in words of close proximity.See also: Rhetoric and Rhetorical DevicesassonanceUse of words which repeat similar vowel sounds.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | assonance - the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive wordsvowel rhymerhyme, rime - correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds) |
TranslationsassonanceenUK
assonance: see rhymerhyme
or rime,
the most prominent of the literary artifices used in versification. Although it was used in ancient East Asian poetry, rhyme was practically unknown to the ancient Greeks and Romans.
..... Click the link for more information. .Assonance (1) Repetition of similar vowel sounds in a line, strophe, or sentence. (2) Imperfect rhyme; the accord between the endings of two or more verse lines in which the vowels coincide but there is greater freedom of the consonants—for example, krasivaia—neugasimaia; kliauze—mauzer. Assonance is one of the most important elements of medieval poetry, especially in the Romance languages. Nineteenth-century Russian poets rarely used assonance. It was revived by the symbolists and is widely used in contemporary Soviet poetry. assonance the use of the same vowel sound with different consonants or the same consonant with different vowels in successive words or stressed syllables, as in a line of verse. Examples are time and light or mystery and mastery assonanceenUK
assonance (as′ŏ-năns) [L. assonare, to sound to, answer to] 1. Similarity of sounds in words or syllables.2. Abnormal tendency to use alliteration.assonant (-nănt), adjectiveassonanceenUK
Related to assonance: onomatopoeiaSynonyms for assonancenoun the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive wordsSynonymsRelated Words |