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PRONUNCIATION OF LINKING CONSONANT

linking consonant  [ˈlɪŋkɪŋ ˈkɒnsənənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LINKING CONSONANT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Linking consonant is a noun.
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.

WHAT DOES LINKING CONSONANT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Epenthesis

In phonology, epenthesis means the addition of one or more sounds to a word, especially to the interior of a word. The word epenthesis comes from epi + en + thesis. Epenthesis may be divided into two types: excrescence, for the addition of a consonant, and anaptyxis for the addition of a vowel.

Definition of linking consonant in the English dictionary

The definition of linking consonant in the dictionary is a consonant inserted between two vowels in speech.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LINKING CONSONANT


absonant
ˈæbsənənt
altisonant
ælˈtɪsənənt
assonant
ˈæsənənt
consonant
ˈkɒnsənənt
covenant
ˈkʌvənənt
Davenant
ˈdævənənt
dissonant
ˈdɪsənənt
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 LINKING CONSONANT

linishing
link
link motion
link road
Link trainer
linkable
linkage
linkboy
linked list
linker
linking verb
linkman
linkmen
linkrot
links
linksland
linkster
linkup
linkwork
linky

WORDS THAT END LIKE LINKING CONSONANT

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

Synonyms and antonyms of linking consonant in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «linking consonant» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LINKING CONSONANT

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The translations of linking 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 «linking consonant» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

联辅音
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

vincular consonante
570 millions of speakers

English

linking consonant
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

व्यंजन जोड़ने
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ربط الحرف الساكن
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

связывая согласный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

vinculando consoante
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সংযোগ ব্যঞ্জনবর্ণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

reliant consonne
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menghubungkan konsonan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Verknüpfung Konsonanten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

子音のリンク
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

자음 연결
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngubungake konsonan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

liên kết phụ âm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மெய் இணைத்தல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लिंकिंग व्यंजन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ünsüz bağlama
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

collegamento consonante
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

łącząc spółgłoski
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пов´язуючи приголосний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

leagă consonant
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συνδέοντας σύμφωνο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

koppel konsonant
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bindnings konsonant
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

linking konsonant
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of linking consonant

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LINKING CONSONANT»

The term «linking consonant» is barely ever used and occupies the 209.822 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LINKING CONSONANT» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LINKING CONSONANT»

Discover the use of linking consonant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to linking consonant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Teaching Pronunciation: A Reference for Teachers of English ...
STUDENT WORKSHEET I Linking consonant to vowel Rule 1: When a word ends in two consonants and the next begins with a vowel, the final consonant sounds like the initial consonant of the following word: Send it sounds like sen-dit Camp ...
Marianne Celce-Murcia, Donna M. Brinton, Janet M. Goodwin, 1996
2
Master the American Accent
5. Fill it up. CHAPTER 22: LINKING – OMITTED 'h' AUDIO CD 2 Track. A. Linking: Consonant + Vowel What you should do: When a word ending with a consonant sound is followed by a word beginning with a vowel sound, link the ...
Judy Ravin, Barb Niemann, Sherlyn Houk, 2009
3
Mastering the American Accent
Rules for Linking Linking Consonant to Vowel When a word ends in a consonant and the next word begins with a vowel, connect the final consonant to the next vowel, making it sound as if the second word starts with a consonant. Study the ...
Lisa Mojsin, 2009
4
Concreteness in Generative Phonology: Evidence from French
The elicitation of [soami] also demonstrates the possibility for the linking consonant not to be inserted at all; the gender consonant, on the other hand, never fails to appear {sotte [sot]) (see below for a discussion of this difference between ...
Bernard Tranel, 1981
5
The Sounds of French: An Introduction
In many cases, morphological characteristics predict which linking consonant will be used, but there nevertheless exists a set of arbitrary cases where it is difficult to connect the particular nature of the linking consonant with anything other than  ...
Bernard Tranel, 1987
6
Sandhi Phenomena in the Languages of Europe
Furthermore, in the case of joli, the general linking rule also inserts an unspecified consonant; but since joli carries no marking as to which consonant is to be inserted, the unspecified linking consonant is deleted. The importance of the ...
Henning Andersen, 1986
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Pro Speech
If you don't, it will sound like you've dropped the consonant from the first word, like this, ti' may. Think of putting the consonant on the end of the first word and also on the beginning of the second word. This may lengthen the linking consonant ...
Geoffrey Forward, 2006
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Teaching Pronunciation Hardback with Audio CDs (2): A Course ...
STUDENT WORKSHEET I Linking consonant to vowel Rule 1: When a word ends in two consonants and the next begins with a vowel, the final consonant sounds like the initial consonant of the following word. Send it sounds like sen-dit Camp ...
Marianne Celce-Murcia, Donna M. Brinton, Janet M. Goodwin, 2010
9
A Grammar of the Somali Language: With Examples in Prose and ...
In this case the linking consonant used with the Demonstrative Suffix is always k for masculine words, and t for feminine words. Examples, nfnkakan this man nagtata that woman gh6rigakan this wood mSshatas that place dagahhakan this  ...
J. W. C. Kirk, 2010
10
Frequency of Use and the Organization of Language
Once its role as a linking consonant had been established, the -r- could be used in the re-formation of other persons from a 3s base that ended in a vowel. In the examples in (11), it can be seen that the addition of a vowel-initial person/number  ...
Joan Bybee Professor of Linguistics University of New Mexico, 2006

REFERENCE
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