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consonant

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English

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WOTD – 30 April 2012

Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishconsonant orconsonaunt, fromOld Frenchconsonant, fromLatincōnsonāns(“sounding with”), from the prefixcon-(“with”) + the present participlesonāns(“sounding”), fromsonāre(“to sound”). The Latin is a calque ofAncient Greekσύμφωνον(súmphōnon).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Examples (letter)

The 20 unquestionable consonants in the English alphabet are B, C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T, V, W, X, Z.

consonant (pluralconsonants)

  2. (phonetics) A sound that results from the passage of air through restrictions of the oral cavity; any sound that is not the dominant sound of asyllable, the dominant sound generally being avowel.
    Hyponym:obstruent
  4. Aletter representing thesound of a consonant.
    • 1892,Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, inThe Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.:Harper & Brothers, […],→OCLC:
      Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language, he expressed the important words by an initial, a medial, or a finalconsonant, and made scratches for all the words between; his clerks, however, understood him very well.
    • 1908 February 19,Jack London, chapter 4, inThe Iron Heel, New York, N.Y.:The Macmillan Company; London:Macmillan & Co.,→OCLC:
      “Tell me, has right anything to do with the law?” I asked. “You have used the wrong initialconsonant,” he smiled in answer. “Might?” I queried; and he nodded his head.

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Descendants

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Adjective

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consonant (comparativemoreconsonant,superlativemostconsonant)

  1. Consistent,harmonious,compatible, orin agreement.
    • 1710,William Beveridge,The true nature of the Christian church, the office of its ministers, and the means of grace administred by them explain'd. In twelve sermons:
      Each one pretends that his opinion[…] isconsonant to the words there used.
    • 1900,Sabine Baring-Gould, “The Rev. Mr. Carter, Parson-Publican”, inYorkshire Oddities, Incidents and Strange Events:
      Cheerfulness, even gaiety, isconsonant with every species of virtue and practice of religion, and I think it inconsistent only with impiety and vice.
    • 1946,United States Supreme Court,Pennekamp v. Florida 328 U.S. 331,334
      This essential right of the courts to be free of intimidation and coercion was held to beconsonant with a recognition that freedom of the press must be allowed in the broadest scope compatible with the supremacy of order.
  2. Having the same sound.
    • 1645-1650,James Howell,Epistolae Ho-Elianae
      consonant words and syllables
  4. (music)Harmonizing together;accordant.
    consonant tones;consonant chords
  5. Of or relating to consonants; made up of, or containing many, consonants.
    • 1813,Thomas Moore,Intercepted Letters, or the Two-Penny Post-Bag:
      No Russian whose dissonantconsonant name / Almost shatters to fragments the trumpet of fame.

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Related terms

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Translations

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Characterized by harmony or agreement

See also

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Aragonese

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatincōnsonantem.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /konsoˈnan/
  • Syllabification:con‧so‧nant
  • Rhymes:-an

Adjective

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consonant (pluralconsonants)

  1. consonant

Noun

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consonant f

  1. consonant

Derived terms

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatincōnsonantem. First attested in the 14th century.[1]

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Adjective

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consonant m orf (masculine and feminine pluralconsonants)

  1. consonant

Noun

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consonant f (pluralconsonants)

  1. consonant

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^“consonant”, inGran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana,Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana,2025

Further reading

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French

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Adjective

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consonant (feminineconsonante,masculine pluralconsonants,feminine pluralconsonantes)

  1. consonant

Further reading

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Latin

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Verb

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cōnsonant

  1. third-personpluralpresentactiveindicative ofcōnsonō

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatinconsonans orFrenchconsonant.

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Adjective

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consonant m orn (feminine singularconsonantă,masculine pluralconsonanți,feminine and neuter pluralconsonante)

  1. consonant

Declension

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Declension ofconsonant
singularplural
masculineneuterfemininemasculineneuterfeminine
nominative-
accusative		indefiniteconsonantconsonantăconsonanțiconsonante
definiteconsonantulconsonantaconsonanțiiconsonantele
genitive-
dative		indefiniteconsonantconsonanteconsonanțiconsonante
definiteconsonantuluiconsonanteiconsonanțilorconsonantelor

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