mute consonant
1mute´ness — mute «myoot», adjective, noun, verb, mut|ed, mut|ing. –adj. 1. not making any sound; silent: »The little girl stood mute with embarrassment. Mute did the minstrels stand To hear my story (Longfellow). Mute was the room mute the house (Charlotte… …
2mute´ly — mute «myoot», adjective, noun, verb, mut|ed, mut|ing. –adj. 1. not making any sound; silent: »The little girl stood mute with embarrassment. Mute did the minstrels stand To hear my story (Longfellow). Mute was the room mute the house (Charlotte… …
3mute e — The letter e is mute or silent at the end of words such as excite, move, sale, and rare. In adding suffixes to these words, the question arises whether the final e should be retained (as it is in changeable) or dropped (as it is more usually, e.g …
4Consonant — Not to be confused with the musical concept of consonance For the alternative rock group, see Consonant (band). Places of articulation Labial Bilabial Labial–velar Labial–coronal Labiodental …
5mute — adj., n., & v. adj. 1 silent, refraining from or temporarily bereft of speech. 2 not emitting articulate sound. 3 (of a person or animal) dumb. 4 not expressed in speech (mute protest). 5 a (of a letter) not pronounced. b (of a consonant) plosive …
6consonant shifting — Lautverschiebung Laut ver*schie bung (lout f[e^]r*sh[=e] b[oo^]ng), n.; pl. {Lautverschiebungen} (lout f[e^]r*sh[=e] b[oo^]ng*en). [G.; laut sound + verschiebung shifting.] (Philol.) (a) The regular changes which the primitive Indo European stops …
7mute h — noun /mjuːt eɪtʃ/ In the French language usage of the letter h at the start of a word which allows liaison with a preceding consonant. The French word homme ( man ) begins by a mute h. Consequently we can say lhomme and les hommes , but never and …
8mute — Synonyms and related words: abiotic, acoustic tile, allophone, alveolar, anaudic, antiknock, aphasic, aphonic, apico alveolar, apico dental, articulation, aspiration, assimilation, azoic, baffle, baffler, baton, bearer, bilabial, bit player,… …
9consonant — Synonyms and related words: accented, accordant, according, affirmative, agreeable, agreeing, alike, allophone, alveolar, answerable, apical, apico alveolar, apico dental, articulated, articulation, aspiration, assimilated, assimilation, assonant …
10Phonological history of English consonant clusters — The phonological history of English consonant clusters is part of the phonological history of the English language in terms of changes in the phonology of consonant clusters. Contents 1 H cluster reductions 1.1 Wh cluster reductions 1.2 Yew–hew… …
