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consonant

con·so·nant
C c

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [kon-suh-nuh nt]
    • /ˈkɒn sə nənt/
    • /ˈkɒn.sə.nənt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kon-suh-nuh nt]
    • /ˈkɒn sə nənt/

Definitions of consonant word

  • countable noun consonant A consonant is a sound such as 'p', 'f', 'n', or 't' which you pronounce by stopping the air flowing freely through your mouth. Compare vowel. 3
  • graded adjective consonant Something that is consonant with something else fits or agrees with it very well. 3
  • noun consonant a speech sound or letter of the alphabet other than a vowel; a stop, fricative, or continuant 3
  • adjective consonant consistent; in agreement 3
  • adjective consonant harmonious in tone or sound 3
  • adjective consonant characterized by the presence of a consonance 3

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Origin of consonant

First appearance:

before 1350
One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English consona(u)nt (< Anglo-French) < Latin consonant- (stem of consonāns, present participle of consonāre to sound with or together). See con-, sonant

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Consonant

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

consonant popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

consonant usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for consonant

adj consonant

  • agnate — related by descent from a common male ancestor
  • correspondent — A correspondent is a newspaper or television journalist, especially one who specializes in a particular type of news.
  • like — in like manner with; similarly to; in the manner characteristic of: He works like a beaver.
  • uniform — identical or consistent, as from example to example, place to place, or moment to moment: uniform spelling; a uniform building code.
  • parallel — parallel processing

adjective consonant

  • consistent — Someone who is consistent always behaves in the same way, has the same attitudes towards people or things, or achieves the same level of success in something.

noun consonant

  • syllable — an uninterrupted segment of speech consisting of a vowel sound, a diphthong, or a syllabic consonant, with or without preceding or following consonant sounds: “Eye,” “sty,” “act,” and “should” are English words of one syllable. “Eyelet,” “stifle,” “enact,” and “shouldn't” are two-syllable words.
  • diphthong — Phonetics. an unsegmentable, gliding speech sound varying continuously in phonetic quality but held to be a single sound or phoneme and identified by its apparent beginning and ending sound, as the oi- sound of toy or boil.
  • fricative — (of a speech sound) characterized by audible friction produced by forcing the breath through a constricted or partially obstructed passage in the vocal tract; spirantal; spirant.
  • vocable — a word; term; name.
  • spirant — fricative (def 2).

Antonyms for consonant

adj consonant

  • dissimilar — not similar; unlike; different.
  • unlike — different, dissimilar, or unequal; not alike: They contributed unlike sums to charity.
  • divergent — diverging; differing; deviating.
  • incompatible — not compatible; unable to exist together in harmony: She asked for a divorce because they were utterly incompatible.
  • incongruous — out of keeping or place; inappropriate; unbecoming: an incongruous effect; incongruous behavior.

adjective consonant

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