adj
Meaning 1
Consistent, harmonious, compatible, or in agreement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
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Standard Lemma guide
consonant
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: kŏn'sənənt
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɒn.sə.nənt/
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US: kän's(ə)nənt
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US: /ˈkɑn.sə.nənt/
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US: /ˈkɑns.nənt/
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adj
Meaning 2
Having the same sound.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 1645-1650, James Howell, Epistolae Ho-Elianae consonant words and syllables
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Synonyms: none provided
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adj
Meaning 3
Harmonizing together; accordant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
Examples
- consonant tones; consonant chords
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Synonyms: none provided
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adj
Meaning 4
Of or relating to consonants; made up of, or containing many, consonants.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 5
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences
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noun
Meaning 6
A letter representing the sound of a consonant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective satellite
Meaning 7
in keeping
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- salaries agreeable with current trends
- plans conformable with your wishes
- expressed views concordant with his background
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: accordant, agreeable, conformable, concordant
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
involving or characterized by harmony
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: harmonic, harmonical, harmonized, harmonised
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
a speech sound that is not a vowel
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: vowel
Broader terms: phone, speech sound, sound
Narrower terms: alveolar consonant, dental consonant, alveolar, dental, obstruent, aspirate, labial consonant, labial, labiodental consonant, labiodental, nasal consonant, nasal, lingual, liquid, geminate, surd, voiceless consonant, velar, velar consonant, guttural, guttural consonant, pharyngeal, pharyngeal consonant
noun
Meaning 10
a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: letter, letter of the alphabet, alphabetic character
History
Etymology
From Middle English consonant or consonaunt, from Old French consonant, from Latin cōnsonāns (“sounding with”), from the prefix con- (“with”) + the present participle sonāns (“sounding”), from sonāre (“to sound”). The Latin is a calque of Ancient Greek σύμφωνον (súmphōnon).
Across languages
Translations
222 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: съзвучен (sǎzvučen) — Characterized by harmony or agreement
- Bulgarian: хармоничен (harmoničen) — Characterized by harmony or agreement
- Catalan: consonant — Characterized by harmony or agreement
- Finnish: sopusointuinen — Characterized by harmony or agreement
- Finnish: sointuva — Characterized by harmony or agreement
- French: consonant — Characterized by harmony or agreement
- Georgian: შეთანხმებული (šetanxmebuli) — Characterized by harmony or agreement
- German: konsonantisch — Characterized by harmony or agreement
- Hungarian: konszonáns — Characterized by harmony or agreement
- Italian: consonante — Characterized by harmony or agreement
- Portuguese: consoante — Characterized by harmony or agreement
- Portuguese: concordante — Characterized by harmony or agreement
- Russian: согла́сный (soglásnyj) — Characterized by harmony or agreement
- Russian: совместимый (sovmestimyj) — Characterized by harmony or agreement
- Slovak: súhlasný — Characterized by harmony or agreement
- Spanish: consonante — Characterized by harmony or agreement
- Welsh: cyflafar — Characterized by harmony or agreement
- Welsh: cydseiniol — Characterized by harmony or agreement
- Welsh: cydgordiol — Characterized by harmony or agreement
- Afrikaans: konsonant — sound
- Albanian: bashkëtingëllore — sound
- Southern Altai: туйук (tuyuk) — sound
- Arabic: صَامِت (ṣāmit) — sound
- Armenian: բաղաձայն (baġajayn) — sound
- Asturian: consonante — sound
- Azerbaijani: samit — sound
- Bashkir: тартынҡы (tartınqı) — sound
- Basque: kontsonante — sound
- Belarusian: зы́чны (zýčny) — sound
- Breton: kensonenn — sound
- Bulgarian: съгла́сна (sǎglásna) — sound
- Burmese: ဗျည်း (byany:) — sound
- Catalan: consonant — sound
- Chechen: мукъамаза (muqʼamaza) — sound
- Chinese Mandarin: 子音 (zǐyīn) — sound
- Chinese Mandarin: 輔音 /辅音 (fǔyīn) — sound
- Cornish: kessonen — sound
- Corsican: cunsunante — sound
- Czech: souhláska — sound
- Danish: konsonant — sound
- Dutch: medeklinker — sound
- Dutch: consonant — sound
- Esperanto: konsonanto — sound
- Estonian: kaashäälik — sound
- Estonian: konsonant — sound
- Faroese: hjáljóð — sound
- Finnish: konsonantti — sound
- Finnish: kerake — sound
- French: consonne — sound
- Galician: consoante — sound
- Georgian: თანხმოვანი (tanxmovani) — sound
- German: Konsonant — sound
- German: Mitlaut — sound
- Greek: σύμφωνο (sýmfono) — sound
- Ancient Greek: σύμφωνον (súmphōnon) — sound
- Greenlandic: aappersariaq — sound
- Haitian Creole: konsòn — sound
- Hebrew: עיצור \ עִצּוּר (itsúr) — sound
- Hindi: व्यंजन (vyañjan) — sound
- Hungarian: mássalhangzó — sound
- Icelandic: samhljóð — sound
- Ido: konsonanto — sound
- Indonesian: huruf mati — sound
- Indonesian: konsonan — sound
- Ingrian: konsonantta — sound
- Ingrian: soglasnoi — sound
- Interlingua: consonante — sound
- Irish: consan — sound
- Italian: consonante — sound
- Japanese: 子音 (shiin) — sound
- Kankanaey: katinig — sound
- Kazakh: дауыссыз дыбыс (dauyssyz dybys) — sound
- Khmer: ព្យញ្ជនៈ (pyŭəñcĕəʼnĕəʼ) — sound
- Korean: 자음 (ja'eum) — sound
- Korean: 닿소리 (dasori) — sound
- Northern Kurdish: dengdar — sound
- Kyrgyz: үнсүз (ünsüz) — sound
- Lao: ພະຍັນຊະນະ (pha nyan sa na) — sound
- Latin: consonans — sound
- Latin: consona — sound
- Latvian: līdzskanis — sound
- Lithuanian: priebalsis — sound
- Macedonian: согласка (soglaska) — sound
- Malay: bunyi mati — sound
- Malay: konsonan — sound
- Malayalam: വ്യഞ്ജനം (vyañjanaṁ) — sound
- Northern Mansi: туртал суй (turtal suj) — sound
- Māori: orokati — sound
- Mongolian: гийгүүлэгч (giigüülegč) — sound
- Navajo: zátłah — sound
- Norman: consonne — sound
- Norwegian Bokmål: konsonant — sound
- Pashto: صامت (sāmét) — sound
- Pashto: بې غږه (be ǧáẓa) — sound
- Pashto: بې ږغه (be ẓáǧa) — sound
- Pashto: غيرغږيز (ǧayreǧaẓíz) — sound
- Pashto: کانسوننټ (kānsuonánt) — sound
- Iranian Persian: هَمْخوان (hamxân) — sound
- Iranian Persian: صامِت (sâmet) — sound
- Pohnpeian: konsonan — sound
- Polish: spółgłoska — sound
- Portuguese: consoante — sound
- Romanian: consoană — sound
- Romansh: consonant — sound
- Russian: согла́сный (soglásnyj) — sound
- Sanskrit: व्यञ्जन (vyañjana) — sound
- Scottish Gaelic: connrag — sound
- Scottish Gaelic: consan — sound
- Serbo-Croatian: суглас — sound
- Serbo-Croatian: су̀гласнӣк — sound
- Serbo-Croatian: suglas — sound
- Serbo-Croatian: sùglasnīk — sound
- Slovak: spoluhláska — sound
- Slovene: soglasnik — sound
- Spanish: consonante — sound
- Swahili: konsonanti — sound
- Swedish: konsonant — sound
- Swedish: konsonantljud — sound
- Swedish: medljud — sound
- Tagalog: katinig — sound
- Tajik: ҳамсадо (hamsado) — sound
- Tamil: ஒற்று (oṟṟu) — sound
- Telugu: హల్లు (hallu) — sound
- Thai: พยัญชนะ (pá-yan-chá-ná) — sound
- Turkish: ünsüz — sound
- Turkish: sessiz — sound
- Turkmen: çekimsiz — sound
- Ukrainian: при́голосний (prýholosnyj) — sound
- Ukrainian: шелесті́вка (šelestívka) — sound
- Urdu: مُصَمَّتَہ (musammata) — sound
- Urdu: صامِت (sāmit) — sound
- Uyghur: ئۈزۈك تاۋۇش (üzük tawush) — sound
- Uzbek: ohangdosh — sound
- Vietnamese: phụ âm — sound
- Volapük: konsonat — sound
- Volapük: konsonataton — sound
- Walloon: cossoune — sound
- Welsh: cytsain — sound
- Xhosa: ulwazi lwezandi — sound
- Yiddish: קאָנסאָנאַנט (konsonant) — sound
- Yoruba: kọ́ńsónáǹtì — sound
- Zulu: ungwaqa class 1a/2a — sound
- Arabic: حَرْف (ḥarf) — letter
- Armenian: բաղաձայն (baġajayn) — letter
- Asturian: consonante — letter
- Bashkir: тартынҡы (tartınqı) — letter
- Basque: kontsonante — letter
- Belarusian: зы́чная (zýčnaja) — letter
- Bulgarian: съгла́сна (sǎglásna) — letter
- Catalan: consonant — letter
- Chechen: мукъамаза (muqʼamaza) — letter
- Chinese Mandarin: 子音 (zǐyīn) — letter
- Corsican: cunsunante — letter
- Czech: souhláska — letter
- Danish: konsonant — letter
- Central Dusun: konsonon — letter
- Dutch: medeklinker — letter
- Esperanto: konsonanto — letter
- Faroese: hjáljóð — letter
- Finnish: konsonantti — letter
- Finnish: kerake — letter
- French: consonne — letter
- Galician: consoante — letter
- Georgian: თანხმოვანი (tanxmovani) — letter
- German: Konsonant — letter
- German: Mitlaut — letter
- Middle High German: consonant — letter
- Greek: σύμφωνο (sýmfono) — letter
- Ancient Greek: σύμφωνον (súmphōnon) — letter
- Greenlandic: aappersariaq — letter
- Hebrew: עיצור \ עִצּוּר (itsúr) — letter
- Hindi: व्यंजन वर्ण (vyañjan varṇ) — letter
- Hungarian: mássalhangzó — letter
- Hungarian: mássalhangzóbetű — letter
- Icelandic: samhljóði — letter
- Ido: konsonanto — letter
- Indonesian: huruf mati — letter
- Indonesian: konsonan — letter
- Ingrian: konsonantta — letter
- Ingrian: soglasnoi — letter
- Interlingua: consonante — letter
- Italian: consonante — letter
- Japanese: 子音 (shiin) — letter
- Japanese: 子音字 (shiinji) — letter
- Kankanaey: katinig — letter
- Khmer: ព្យញ្ជនៈ (pyŭəñcĕəʼnĕəʼ) — letter
- Korean: 자음 (ja'eum) — letter
- Lao: ພະຍັນຊະນະ (pha nyan sa na) — letter
- Macedonian: согласка (soglaska) — letter
- Malay: huruf mati — letter
- Malay: konsonan — letter
- Malayalam: വ്യഞ്ജനം (vyañjanaṁ) — letter
- Malayalam: വ്യഞ്ജനാക്ഷരം (vyañjanākṣaraṁ) — letter
- Norman: consonne — letter
- Pohnpeian: konsonan — letter
- Polish: spółgłoska — letter
- Portuguese: consoante — letter
- Romanian: consoană — letter
- Romansh: consonant — letter
- Russian: согла́сная (soglásnaja) — letter
- Sanskrit: व्यञ्जन (vyañjana) — letter
- Scottish Gaelic: connrag — letter
- Scottish Gaelic: consan — letter
- Serbo-Croatian: суглас — letter
- Serbo-Croatian: су̀гласнӣк — letter
- Serbo-Croatian: suglas — letter
- Serbo-Croatian: sùglasnīk — letter
- Slovak: spoluhláska — letter
- Spanish: consonante — letter
- Swahili: konsonanti — letter
- Swedish: konsonant — letter
- Tamil: மெய்யெழுத்து (meyyeḻuttu) — letter
- Telugu: హల్లు (hallu) — letter
- Thai: พยัญชนะ (pá-yan-chá-ná) — letter
- Turkish: sessiz — letter
- Turkish: ünsüz — letter
- Ukrainian: при́голосна (prýholosna) — letter
- Volapük: konsonat — letter
- Volapük: konsonatatonat — letter
- Walloon: cossoune — letter
- Welsh: cytsain — letter
- Yoruba: kọ́ńsónáǹtì — letter
Real reading context