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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024con•so•nant /ˈkɑnsənənt/USA pronunciation n. - Phoneticsa speech sound produced by stopping or changing the flow of air from the lungs(opposed to vowel ).
- Phoneticsa letter or other symbol representing a consonant sound.
adj. [be + ~ + with] - in accord or agreement:behavior that was consonant with his character.
See -son-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024con•so•nant (kon′sə nənt),USA pronunciation n. - Phonetics
- Phonetics(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 flow of air from the lungs (opposed to vowel). - Phonetics(in a syllable) any sound other than the sound of greatest sonority in the syllable, as b, r, and g in brig (opposed to sonant). Cf. vowel (def. 1b).
- Phonetics(in linguistic function) a concept empirically determined as a phonological element in structural contrast with vowel, as the b of be, the w of we, the y, s, and t of yeast, etc.
- Linguistics, Phoneticsa letter that usually represents a consonant sound.
adj. - in agreement;
agreeable;
in accord;
consistent (usually fol. by to or with):behavior consonant with his character. - corresponding in sound, as words.
- harmonious, as sounds.
- Music and Danceconstituting a consonance.
- Physicsnoting or pertaining to sounds exhibiting consonance.
- Phoneticsconsonantal.
- Latin consonant- (stem of consonāns, present participle of consonāre to sound with or together). See con-, sonant
- Anglo-French)
- Middle English consona(u)nt (1350–1400
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged concordant, congruous, conformant.
- 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged dissonant.
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