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Words related to consonant

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  • 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.

  • consonant shift

    a change, or a set of connected changes, in the articulation of consonants in any language or family of languages

  • first consonant shift

    the consonant shift described by Grimm's law, which distinguishes Germanic languages from other Indo-European languages.

  • second consonant shift

    the consonant shift by which High German became differentiated from other Germanic languages.

  • vowel

    Phonetics. (in English articulation) a speech sound produced without occluding, diverting, or obstructing the flow of air from the lungs (opposed to consonant). (in a syllable) the sound of greatest sonority, as i in grill. Compare consonant (def 1b). (in linguistic function) a concept empirically determined as a phonological element in structural contrast with consonant, as the (ē) of be (bē), we (wē), and yeast (yēst).

  • -ing

    -ing is added to verbs to form present participles. Present participles are used with auxiliary verbs to make continuous tenses. They are also used like adjectives, describing a person or thing as doing something.
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