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PRONUNCIATION OF CONSONANTAL

consonantal  [ˌkɒnsəˈnæntəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONSONANTAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Consonantal is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CONSONANTAL 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 consonantal in the English dictionary

The definition of consonantal in the dictionary is relating to, functioning as, or constituting a consonant, such as the semivowel w in English work. Other definition of consonantal is consisting of or characterized by consonants.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CONSONANTAL


assonantal
ˌæsəˈnæntəl
cantle
ˈkæntəl
determinantal
dɪˌtɜːmɪˈnæntəl
dismantle
dɪsˈmæntəl
Fremantle
ˈfriːˌmæntəl
hantle
ˈhæntəl
mantel
ˈmæntəl
mantle
ˈmæntəl
octantal
ɒkˈtæntəl
outmantle
ˌaʊtˈmæntəl
overmantel
ˈəʊvəˌmæntəl
postconsonantal
ˌpəʊstˌkɒnsəˈnæntəl
preconsonantal
ˌpriːkɒnsəˈnæntəl
quadrantal
kwɒˈdræntəl
santal
ˈsæntəl
scantle
ˈskæntəl
sextantal
seksˈtæntəl
sonantal
səʊˈnæntəl
triconsonantal
traɪˌkɒnsəˈnæntəl
unmantle
ʌnˈmæntəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONSONANTAL

consoling
consolingly
consols
consolute
consonance
consonancies
consonancy
consonant
consonant cluster
consonant shift
consonantal alliteration
consonantally
consonantly
consonous
consort
consortable
consorter
consortia
consortial
consortism

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONSONANTAL

Cantal
car rental
Continental
covenantal
dental
environmental
experimental
frontal
fundamental
governmental
horizontal
incremental
instrumental
mental
oriental
ornamental
parental
quantal
remnantal
rental

Synonyms and antonyms of consonantal in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «consonantal» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CONSONANTAL

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

Translator English - Chinese

辅音
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

consonántico
570 millions of speakers

English

consonantal
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

व्यंजन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

في صيغتي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

согласных
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

consonantal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ব্যঁজনবর্ণ-সংক্রন্াত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

consonantique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Consonantal
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Konsonanten
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

thuộc về phụ âm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மெய்யொலிகளுக்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

व्यंजनात्मक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ünlü harfler içeren
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

consonantico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

spółgłoskowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

приголосних
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

consonantic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συμφωνικό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

konsonantale
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

consonantal
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

consonantal
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of consonantal

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONSONANTAL»

The term «consonantal» is regularly used and occupies the 98.419 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CONSONANTAL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «consonantal» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «consonantal» 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 consonantal

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONSONANTAL»

Discover the use of consonantal in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to consonantal and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Phonology: Critical Concepts in Linguistics
Indeed, the dictionary entries for these four structures can be represented as follows for the features Consonantal and Vocalic: [+ Consonantal] r+ Consonantal] L+ Vocalic i , 1+ Vocalic + Consonantal] r- Consonantal] - Vocalic - Consonantal] ...
Charles W. Kreidler, 2001
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In the Beginning: A Short History of the Hebrew Language
Whatever the case, Egyptian's logo-consonantal system set the stage for purely consonantal systems. It should be noted that some scholars consider Egyptian a " reduced syllabic" system rather than a true consonantal system. In a "reduced ...
Joel M. Hoffman, 2004
3
The Pronunciation of Greek and Latin
The Romance languages show that in colloquial Latin unaccented i (and also e) in hiatus regularly became consonantal; for the resulting y-sound has combined with xer tain preceding consonants; for example, gratia: Italian grazia, French ...
Edgar Howard Sturtevant, 1920
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Language System and Its Change: On Theory and Testability
ing feature opposition triggering markedness reversal of [±consonantal] , by which markedness of [±consonantal] is in the context of a distinctive specification for [±continuant] and/or [±voice] evaluated against the unmarked value of [± vocalic] .
Jadranka Gvozdanović, 1985
5
Die Dietsche boeke die ons toebehoeren
On closer inspection, with or without the aid of instruments, one would find that these consonantal elements are after all phonetically not so close to each other as might first be thought, but this is of little importance here. Or, one might even be ...
Tsutomu Akamatsu, 1992
6
A Grammar of Warrongo
As seen above, in certain instances a tri-consonantal cluster attracts stress, but a bi-consonantal one does not. That is, the 'heavier' cluster attracts stress, but the ' lighter' one does not. However, there are exceptions, in which stress does not ...
Tasaku Tsunoda, 2011
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978-9-6461-1757-0
-vocalic -consonantal +voice -round M -vocalic -consonantal +voice +round Ihl - vocalic -consonantal -voice /p/ -vocalic +consonantal -voice +abrupt release + anterior -coronal l\l +consonantal -vocalic -voice +abrupt release +coronal ...
Mohammad Ali Salmani-Nodoushan
8
Analogy in the Semitic Languages
Also original bi-consonantal stems after the analogy of tri-consonantal stems. As was pointed out in the first part of this article, many stems in the Semitic languages which seem to have three stem-consonants were probably bi- consonantal in ...
Abel Henry Huizinga, 1891
9
American Journal of Philology
Also original bi-consonantal stems after the analogy of tri-consonantal stems. As was pointed out in the first part of this article, many stems in the Semitic languages which seem to have three stem-consonants were probably bi- consonantal in ...
Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve, Charles William Emil Miller, Benjamin Dean Meritt, 1891
10
Analyzing Sound Patterns: An Introduction to Phonology
(17)Definitionsof [±syllabic]and [±consonantal] a.Syllabic sounds are thosethat constitute thesyllablepeaks, nonsyllabicsoundsare thosethat donot. b. Consonantal segments are articulated with a sustained vocal tract constriction at least equal ...
Long Peng, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONSONANTAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term consonantal is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Boko Haram and religious exclusivism
Al-walā' wa-l-barā' derives from various passages in the Qur'an, which sometimes uses words deriving from the same tri-consonantal roots, ... «OUPblog, Apr 15»
2
Islamic Solar Calendar: Eclipsed by Politics and Ideology
... the Jallali Calendar and replaced them with corresponding Avestan or Middle Persian names whose consonantal clusters had to be modified ... «Huffington Post, Mar 15»
3
John Lister-Kaye: Gods Of The Morning (Canongate)
... calls of similar tonal quality, but with differing consonantal emphasis: a short, sharp 'kork' or 'dark' and a stretched 'daaark', a muted 'graaap', ... «Herald Scotland, Mar 15»
4
Francesca Haig: fire forged
If I pick up a book that includes a map with consonantal, calligraphic place names carefully filled in, or if there's so much as a whiff of a sigil, ... «Times Higher Education, Feb 15»
5
How Do You Spell the Abbreviation of Casual?
Thorny consonantal clusters (like in caszh and cajzh) don't conjure the requisite frictionlessness and ease, whereas the J makes phonetic ... «Slate Magazine, Feb 15»
6
Capsule Stage Reviews: January 22, 2015
... a warm but slightly overeager performance), and his father, Aryeh Lev (an overly stiff and too crisply consonantal-sounding Bradley Winkler), ... «Houston Press, Jan 15»
7
Recap 'The Middle' Season 5 So You Can Blissfully Watch Season 6
The youngest Heck sibling enjoys such things as his iPad consonantal updating him with horrible news from all over the world, and it royally ... «Bustle, Sep 14»
8
Poem of the week: The Sea and the Skylark by Gerard Manley …
... of “right”, “tide”, “ramps” suggesting the incoming tide, and a gentler consonantal strand depicting the “low lull-off” as the tide retreats. That the ... «The Guardian, Sep 14»
9
Mutual assured distraction: Remembering Khrushchev's 1959 Us tour
But this is not to say that K — as U.S. headline writers shortened his rather unwieldy and consonantal name — didn't do some sight-seeing in ... «Washington Post, Aug 14»
10
Who created the first alphabet?
... maritime merchants who occupied part of modern Lebanon, Syria and Israel, this consonantal alphabet—also known as an abjad—consisted ... «History, Aug 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Consonantal [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/consonantal>. Apr 2024 ».
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