adj
Meaning 1
Of, relating to, or functioning as a consonant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: vocalic
Standard Lemma guide
consonantal
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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UK: /ˌkɒn.səˈnæn.təl/
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US: /ˌkɑn.səˈnɛn.təl/
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US: /ˌkɑn.səˈnæn.təl/
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CMU ARPABET: K AA2 N S AH0 N AA1 N T AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: K AA2 N S AH0 N AA1 N AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Containing one or more consonants.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 3
being or marked by or containing or functioning as a consonant
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- consonantal sounds
- a consonantal Hebrew text
- consonantal alliteration
- a consonantal cluster
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: vocalic
adjective
Meaning 4
relating to or having the nature of a consonant
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From consonant + -al.
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: բաղաձայնային (baġajaynayin) — of, relating to, or functioning as a consonant
- Asturian: consonánticu — of, relating to, or functioning as a consonant
- Belarusian: зы́чны (zýčny) — of, relating to, or functioning as a consonant
- Catalan: consonàntic — of, relating to, or functioning as a consonant
- Cornish: kessonennel — of, relating to, or functioning as a consonant
- Czech: souhláskový — of, relating to, or functioning as a consonant
- Finnish: konsonantti- — of, relating to, or functioning as a consonant
- Finnish: konsonanttinen — of, relating to, or functioning as a consonant
- French: consonantique — of, relating to, or functioning as a consonant
- German: konsonantisch — of, relating to, or functioning as a consonant
- German: Konsonanten- — of, relating to, or functioning as a consonant
- German: konsonantig — of, relating to, or functioning as a consonant
- Polish: konsonantyczny — of, relating to, or functioning as a consonant
- Polish: spółgłoskowy — of, relating to, or functioning as a consonant
- Romanian: consonantic — of, relating to, or functioning as a consonant
- Russian: согла́сный (soglásnyj) — of, relating to, or functioning as a consonant
- Russian: консона́нтный (konsonántnyj) — of, relating to, or functioning as a consonant
- Ukrainian: при́голосний (prýholosnyj) — of, relating to, or functioning as a consonant
- Asturian: consonánticu — containing one or more consonants
- Finnish: konsonantin sisältävä — containing one or more consonants
- Finnish: konsonantteja sisältävä — containing one or more consonants
- Polish: konsonantyczny — containing one or more consonants
- Polish: spółgłoskowy — containing one or more consonants
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