Definitions of consonant [ˈkɒn sə nənt]

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Definition of 'consonant'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) consonant
a speech sound produced by occluding (p, b, t, d, k, g), diverting (m, n, ng), or obstructing (f, v, s, z, etc.) the flow of air from the lungs

2.  consonant
a letter or other symbol representing or usu. representing a consonant sound.

3. (adj.) consonant
in accord:
behavior consonant with his character.

4.  consonant
corresponding in sound, as words.

5.  consonant
pertaining to or being a musical consonance.

Etymology: (1350–1400; ME (< AF) < L consonant-, s. of consonāns, prp. of consonāre to sound with or together. See con -, sonant)

Definition of 'consonant'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) consonant
a speech sound that is not a vowel

2. (adj) consonant
a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant

3. (adj) consonant, harmonic, harmonical, harmonized, harmonised
involving or characterized by harmony

4. (adj) accordant, agreeable, conformable, consonant, concordant
in keeping
"salaries agreeable with current trends"; "plans conformable with your wishes"; "expressed views concordant with his background"

Definition of 'consonant'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) consonant
a letter of the alphabet that is not 'a', 'e', 'i', 'o', or 'u'

Definition of 'consonant'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) consonant
having agreement; congruous; consistent; according; -- usually followed by with or to

2. (adj) consonant
having like sounds

3. (adj) consonant
harmonizing together; accordant; as, consonant tones, consonant chords

4. (adj) consonant
of or pertaining to consonants; made up of, or containing many, consonants

5. (noun) consonant
an articulate sound which in utterance is usually combined and sounded with an open sound called a vowel; a member of the spoken alphabet other than a vowel; also, a letter or character representing such a sound

Translation of 'consonant'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: any letter of the alphabet except a, e, i, o, u which are vowels.
Afrikaans: medeklinker, konsonant	Arabic: حَرْف ساكِن، حَرْف صامِت	Bulgarian: съгласна
Brazilian: consoante	Czech: souhláska	German: der Konsonant
Danish: konsonant	Greek: σύμφωνο (γραμμ.)	Spanish: consonante
Estonian: konsonant	Farsi: حرف بی صدا	Finnish: konsonantti
French: consonne	Hebrew: עִצוּר @@@עִיצוּר$$$	Hindi: व्यंजन
Croatian: suglasnik	Hungarian: mássalhangzó	Indonesian: konsonan
Icelandic: samhljóði	Italian: consonante	Japanese: 子音
Korean: 자음	Lithuanian: priebalsė, priebalsis	Latvian: līdzskanis
Malay: konsonan	Dutch: medeklinker	Norwegian: konsonant
Polish: spółgłoska	Persian: حرف بی صدا	Pashto: موافق، چپ يابې ږغه تورى
Portuguese: consoante	Romanian: consoană	Russian: согласная буква
Slovak: spoluhláska	Slovenian: soglasnik	Serbian: suglasnik
Swedish: konsonant	Thai: พยัญชนะ	Turkish: ünsüz (harf)
Taiwanese: 子音字母	Ukrainian: приголосна літера; такий,	Urdu: حرف صحيح
Vietnamese: phụ âm	Chinese: 辅音字母
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