Definition of consonant. Meaning of consonant. Synonyms of consonant

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Definition of consonant

Consonant
Consonant Con"so*nant, a. [L. consonans, -antis; p. pr. of consonare to sound at the same time, agree; con- + sonare to sound: cf. F. consonnant. See Sound to make a noise.] 1. Having agreement; congruous; consistent; according; -- usually followed by with or to. Each one pretends that his opinion . . . is consonant to the words there used. --Bp. Beveridge. That where much is given there shall be much required is a thing consonant with natural equity. --Dr. H. More. 2. Having like sounds. Consonant words and syllables. --Howell. 3. (Mus.) harmonizing together; accordant; as, consonant tones, consonant chords. 4. Of or pertaining to consonants; made up of, or containing many, consonants. No Russian whose dissonant consonant name Almost shatters to fragments the trumpet of fame. --T. Moore.

Meaning of consonant from wikipedia

- in articulatory phonetics , a consonant is a speech sound that is articulated with complete or partial closure of the vocal tract .
- in phonetics , gemination or consonant elongation happens when a spoken consonant is pronounced for an audibly longer period of time than
- consonant mutation is change in a consonant in a word according to its morphological and/or syntactic environment. mutation phenomena
- for instance, harmony is generally governed by chords, which are collections of notes defined as tolerably consonant by the style
- consonant is an alternative rock group formed by singer/guitarist clint conley in 2001. in the late 1970s, conley cofounded mission of
- consonance is a poetic device characterized by the repetition of the same consonant two or more times in short succession, as in 'p i tt er
- lowering the importance of one of the discordant factors, adding consonant elements, or changing one of the dissonant factors this bias
- in phonetics , a bilabial consonant is a consonant articulated with both lip s. the bilabial consonants identified by the international
- glottal consonants, also called laryngeal consonant s, are consonant s articulated with the glottis . as other consonants have; in fact,
- palatal consonants are consonant s articulated with the body of the tongue raised against the hard palate (the middle part of the roof of