Definitions for consonant

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consonant con·so·nant

Spelling: [kon-suh-nuh nt]

IPA: /ˈkɒn sə nənt/

Consonant is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 206 anagrams from letters in consonant (acnnnoost).

Definitions for consonant

noun

1. Phonetics. (in English articulation) a speech sound produced by occluding with or without releasing (p, b; t, d; k, g), diverting (m, n, ng), or obstructing (f, v; s, z, etc.) the flow of air from the lungs (opposed to vowel). (in a syllable) any sound other than the sound of greatest sonority in the syllable, as b, r, and g in brig (opposed to sonant). Compare vowel (def 1b). (in linguistic function) a concept empirically determined as a phonological element in structural contrast with vowel, as the b of be, the w of we, the y, s, and t of yeast, etc.
2. a letter that usually represents a consonant sound.

adjective

1. in agreement; agreeable; in accord; consistent (usually followed by to or with):
2. corresponding in sound, as words.
3. harmonious, as sounds.
4. Music. constituting a consonance.
5. Physics. noting or pertaining to sounds exhibiting consonance.
6. consonantal.

Origin of consonant

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-,

Examples for consonant

It was a lovely day, and every feeling of my heart was consonant to the scene.

Romney's teenage bullying hurts him because it is consonant with his adult record.

(b) The part in the next line should, if possible, begin with a consonant.

Between the points of repose the combined sounds may or may not be consonant.

The consonant is the distinguishing element of human speech.

They were consonant with early Roman mores which were warlike.

Appeals to “collective will” and the judgment of “history” are not consonant with liberal thought.

I is a consonant when it represents the consonant y, as in alien.

In a rigorous and abstract sense, the consonant has no sound of its own.

In the first and second the consonant is followed by a vowel.