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I still have a stammer that I can control by not opening a sentence with a hard consonant, or by concentrating for a moment, breathing softly down. Growing up, the 'Our Father' was lovely, made for me, the 'Hail Mary' was gorgeous, and 'Glory Be to the Father' was an absolute nightmare.
Colm Toibin

Meaning of "consonant" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CONSONANT

From Latin consonāns, from consonāre to sound at the same time, be in harmony, from sonāre to sound.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CONSONANT

consonant  [ˈkɒnsənənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONSONANT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Consonant can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CONSONANT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Consonant

In articulatory phonetics, a consonant is a speech sound that is articulated with complete or partial closure of the vocal tract. Examples are, pronounced with the lips;, pronounced with the front of the tongue;, pronounced with the back of the tongue;, pronounced in the throat; and, pronounced by forcing air through a narrow channel; and and, which have air flowing through the nose. Contrasting with consonants are vowels. Since the number of possible sounds in all of the world's languages is much greater than the number of letters in any one alphabet, linguists have devised systems such as the International Phonetic Alphabet to assign a unique and unambiguous symbol to each attested consonant. In fact, the English alphabet has fewer consonant letters than English has consonant sounds, so digraphs like "ch", "sh", "th", and "zh" are used to extend the alphabet, and some letters and digraphs represent more than one consonant. For example, the sound spelled "th" in "this" is a different consonant than the "th" sound in "thin".

Definition of consonant in the English dictionary

The first definition of consonant in the dictionary is a speech sound or letter of the alphabet other than a vowel; a stop, fricative, or continuant. Other definition of consonant is consistent; in agreement. Consonant is also harmonious in tone or sound.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CONSONANT


absonant
ˈæbsənənt
altisonant
ælˈtɪsənənt
assonant
ˈæsənənt
covenant
ˈkʌvənənt
Davenant
ˈdævənənt
dissonant
ˈdɪsənənt
emanant
ˈɛmənənt
horrisonant
hɒˈrɪsənənt
immanent
ˈɪmənənt
impermanent
ɪmˈpɜːmənənt
inconsonant
ɪnˈkɒnsənənt
multisonant
mʌlˈtɪsənənt
nonpermanent
nɒnˈpɜːmənənt
nonresonant
ˌnɒnˈrɛzənənt
permanent
ˈpɜːmənənt
remanent
ˈrɛmənənt
resonant
ˈrɛzənənt
semiconsonant
ˌsɛmɪˈkɒnsənənt
semipermanent
ˌsɛmɪˈpɜːmənənt
unisonant
juːˈnɪsənənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONSONANT

consolidation loan
consolidative
consolidator
consoling
consolingly
consols
consolute
consonance
consonancies
consonancy
consonant cluster
consonant shift
consonantal
consonantal alliteration
consonantally
consonantly
consonous
consort
consortable
consorter

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONSONANT

antiozonant
coronal consonant
determinant
dominant
double consonant
imploded consonant
lieutenant
linking consonant
malignant
pennant
poignant
predominant
pregnant
recombinant
remnant
sonant
stagnant
stop consonant
tenant
tonant

Synonyms and antonyms of consonant in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «consonant» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CONSONANT

Find out the translation of consonant to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of consonant from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «consonant» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

辅音
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

consonante
570 millions of speakers

English

consonant
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

व्यंजन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حَرْف سَاكِن
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

согласный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

consoante
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ব্যঁজনবর্ণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

consonne
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Konsonan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Konsonant
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

子音
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

자음
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Konsonan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phụ âm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மெய்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

व्यंजन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ünsüz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

consonante
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

spółgłoska
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

приголосний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

consoană
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σύμφωνο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

konsonant
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

konsonant
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

konsonant
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of consonant

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONSONANT»

The term «consonant» is quite widely used and occupies the 43.104 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CONSONANT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «consonant» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «consonant» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about consonant

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3 QUOTES WITH «CONSONANT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word consonant.
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Martin Van Buren
We remain at peace with all nations, and no efforts on my part consistent with the preservation of our rights and the honor of the country shall be spared to maintain a position so consonant to our institutions.
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Ferdinand Marcos
The challenge to America is to extend to Asia the defensive shield of American power in forms consonant with Asian freedom and self-respect.
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Colm Toibin
I still have a stammer that I can control by not opening a sentence with a hard consonant, or by concentrating for a moment, breathing softly down. Growing up, the 'Our Father' was lovely, made for me, the 'Hail Mary' was gorgeous, and 'Glory Be to the Father' was an absolute nightmare.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONSONANT»

Discover the use of consonant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to consonant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Consonant Strength: Phonological Patterns and Phonetic ...
This book is a detailed examination of the phonetics and phonology of consonant strength, drawing data from parallel acoustic and articulatory studies of English and Spanish, as well as a cross-linguistic survey of lenition and fortition.
Lisa M. Lavoie, 2001
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Consonant Clusters and Structural Complexity
This book uses a very specific topic (consonant clusters) to sharpen the focus on general issues in spoken language structure, particularly syllable structure and phonotactics, as currently investigated by phonetics, phonology and ...
Philip Hoole, Lasse Bombien, Marianne Pouplier, 2012
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Consonant Structure and Prevocalization
Preface & acknowledgments -- Part I. The theory: 1.
Natalie Operstein, 2010
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An Effort Based Approach to Consonant Lenition
First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Robert Kirchner, 2013
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Consonant Lenition in Korean and the Macro-Altaic Question
This study describes a diachronic change of the obstruent consonants in the central area of Korea, with attention to ONSET and CODA lenitions. It is intended for students of Korean language and linguistics.
Samuel Elmo Martin, 1996
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Consonant Quantity and Phonological Units in Estonian
First published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Ilse Lehiste, 1997
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African American English: A Linguistic Introduction
It has been noted that in different varieties of American English (including registers of standard American English), word final consonant groups such as ml and st are reduced to single consonants n and s, respectively. That is, some speakers ...
Lisa J. Green, 2002
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Handbook of Normative Data for Neuropsychological Assessment
BRIEF HISTORY OF THE TEST The Auditory Consonant Trigram Test (ACT), also referred to as the Brown-Peterson Consonant Trigram Memory Task or CCC ( Stuss, 1987), which is a variant of the Peterson and Peterson technique (Milner, ...
Maura Mitrushina, 2005
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The German Consonant Shift: The Basis for the Development of ...
For instance, although the German language was also affected by Grimm’s Law as it is the most famous sound law in the history of linguistics, they reason why the German language, especially High German, differs so much from Low German and ...
Annemarie Wendicke, 2009
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Spanish/English Contrasts: A Course in Spanish Linguistics
This chapter first compares the consonant and vowel systems of Spanish with those of English. Next, it discusses the different ways in which the two languages join phonemes to form syllables and words. Finally, since pedagogy usually takes ...
Melvin Stanley Whitley, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONSONANT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term consonant is used in the context of the following news items.
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Grocon's east end apartment tower clears the final hurdle
"We need to build more apartments across the city but they have to be consonant with the fact that we're the world's most liveable city, and [with] ... «The Australian Financial Review, Jul 15»
2
The private lives of child rioters
... of the case in order to decide whether, consonant with that purpose, the applicant had a legitimate expectation of protection […]. «UK Human Rights Blog, Jul 15»
3
Hyundai i30 N Series spy photos
An 'N' consonant suffix just doesn't seem as evocative as 'RS' 'SR' 'GT' 'GTI' or similar which all largely derive from a combination of 'Rally' ... «CarAdvice, Jul 15»
4
Microspore culture reveals complex meiotic behaviour in a …
Three pairs of individuals had identical molecular marker results, consonant with their production from twinned embryos during the microspore ... «BMC Blogs Network, Jul 15»
5
Chief Seattle's Tribe Denied US Recognition
... sentence-words. It is known for its consonant clusters - as many as a dozen or more successive consonants without a vowel between them. «Courthouse News Service, Jul 15»
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The Raiders of Ruta 7
In the final consonant-averse local dialect, it sounds like “Rye-EE”. Upon arriving in Uruguay, I already knew that people like their meat, yerba mate, and soccer, ... «Roads and Kingdoms, Jul 15»
7
SA opera singer wins international competition
Sometimes it is as simple as reminding someone of a "forbidden liaison" in French, or not doubling a single consonant- just keeping focused on ... «Artslink.co.za News, Jul 15»
8
Bye-bye to another bit of Baltimore's “swank, luxe, James Bond-y …
“Handmade brick was used to keep the building consonant with its surroundings,” they added. “The construction is steel-frame with exterior ... «Baltimore Brew, Jul 15»
9
Medicare's Victims
Hogberg, a Senior Fellow at the National Center for Public Policy Research, explodes the myth that Medicare coverage is consonant with cost ... «American Spectator, Jul 15»
10
Funds and Change of Name for Analytics Firm Twtrland
Twtrland gets more vowels but now has the wrong consonant Initially focused on Twitter, the rebranded company has broadened its view to ... «Daily Research News Online, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Consonant [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/consonant>. May 2024 ».
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