Definition of Consonantness. Meaning of Consonantness. Synonyms of Consonantness

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Definition of Consonantness

Consonantness
Consonantness Con"so*nant*ness, n. The quality or condition of being consonant, agreeable, or consistent.

Meaning of Consonantness from wikipedia

- § Brackets and transcription delimiters. In articulatory phonetics, a consonant is a speech sound that is articulated with complete or partial closure...
- Velar consonants are consonants articulated with the back part of the tongue (the dorsum) against the soft palate, the back part of the roof of the mouth...
- {affricate} ⟨Cᴳ⟩ for a consonant with a glide as secondary articulation (e.g. ⟨Cʲ⟩ for {palatalized consonant} or ⟨Cʷ⟩ for {labialized consonant}) ⟨D̪⟩ for {dental...
- § Brackets and transcription delimiters. Postalveolar (post-alveolar) consonants are consonants articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar...
- Alveolar consonants (/ælˈviːələr/ ; UK also /ælviˈoʊlər/) are articulated with the tongue against or close to the superior alveolar ridge, which is called...
- transcription delimiters. In linguistics, a consonant cluster, consonant sequence or consonant compound is a group of consonants which have no intervening vowel....
- and transcription delimiters. In phonetics, ejective consonants are usually voiceless consonants that are pronounced with a glottalic egressive airstream...
- In linguistics, a tenuis consonant (/ˈtɛn.juːɪs/ or /ˈtɛnuːɪs/) is an obstruent that is voiceless, unaspirated and unglottalized. In other words, it has...
- consonant, is an occlusive consonant produced with a lowered velum, allowing air to escape freely through the nose. The vast majority of consonants are...
- pharyngeal consonant is a consonant that is articulated primarily in the pharynx. Some phoneticians distinguish upper pharyngeal consonants, or "high"...