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Meaning
Noun
●
In Phonetics:
A
sound
that results from the
passage
of
air
through
restrictions
of the
oral cavity
; any
sound
that is not the
dominant
sound
of a
syllable
, the
dominant
sound
generally
being a vowel.
●
A
letter
representing
the
sound
of a consonant.
Adj
●
consistent,
harmonious
,
compatible
, or in agreement
●
Having the same sound.
●
In Music:
Harmonizing together; accordant.
●
Of or
relating
to
consonants
;
made up
of, or
containing
many,
consonants
.
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Origin
consonant
English
consonans
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
Antonyms
Disconsonant
Dissonant
Discordant
Related
Vowel
Syllable
Phoneme
Fricative
Morpheme
Suffix
Chord
Vowels
Plosive
Preposition
Syllables
Schwa
Noun
Phonemes
Verb
Sentence
Sounds
Word
Utterance
Phrase
Pronunciation
Melody
Pronoun
Syllabic
Phonetic
Congruent
Prefix
Phonological
Rhyme
Sound
Language
Dissonant
Compatible
Morphemes
Inconsistent
Harmonic
Adjective
Triplet
Comma
Text
Letter
Fricatives
Digraph
Phonetically
Cognate
Incongruent
Paragraph
Sequence
Diacritic
Glottal Stop
Diatonic Scale
Capital Letter
Definite Article
Punctuation Mark
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