Consonant - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈkɑːnsənənt|
Brit.
|ˈkɒns(ə)nənt|
noun
- a speech sound that is not a vowel
- a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant
- a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant
adjective
- involving or characterized by harmony (syn: harmonic, harmonical)
- in keeping (syn: accordant, agreeable, concordant, conformable)
- in keeping (syn: accordant, agreeable, concordant, conformable)
Extra examples
...the temples and palaces of ancient Greece are among the most consonant buildings in architectural history...
...his gentle behavior is consonant with his expressed belief in pacifism...
It is consonant with our aim.
“M” is a voiced consonant.
“S” is a voiceless consonant.
This policy is scarcely consonant with the government's declared aims.
This vowel is usually elided before a single consonant
The consonant reduplicates after a short vowel
The nasal assimilates to the following consonant
I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift
Word forms
noun
singular: consonant
plural: consonants
singular: consonant
plural: consonants
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