a consonant
21Consonant harmony — Sound change and alternation Metathesis Quantitative metathesis …
22consonant — I adj. (formal) consonant to, with II n. 1) to articulate, pronounce a consonant 2) a dental; double, geminate; final; guttural; hard; labial; liquid; soft; unvoiced; velar; voiced consonant 3) (misc.) a consonant cluster * * * [ kɒnsənənt]… …
23Consonant voicing and devoicing — Sound change and alternation Metathesis Quantitative metathesis …
24consonant — {{11}}consonant (adj.) early 15c., from O.Fr. consonant (13c.), from L. consonantem (nom. consonans), prp. of consonare (see CONSONANT (Cf. consonant) (n.)). {{12}}consonant (n.) early 14c., sound other than a vowel, from L. consonantem (nom.… …
25consonant — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin consonant , consonans, present participle of consonare to sound together, agree, from com + sonare to sound more at sound Date: 15th century 1. being in agreement or harmony ; free from elements… …
26consonant — consonantlike, adj. consonantly, adv. /kon seuh neuhnt/, n. 1. Phonet. a. (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… …
27consonant — con|so|nant1 [ˈkɔnsənənt US ˈka:n ] n 1.) a speech sound made by partly or completely stopping the flow of air through your mouth →↑vowel 2.) a letter that represents a consonant sound. The letters a , e , i , o , u , and sometimes y represent… …
28consonant — I UK [ˈkɒnsənənt] / US [ˈkɑnsənənt] noun [countable] Word forms consonant : singular consonant plural consonants * 1) linguistics a speech sound made by stopping all or some of the air going out of your mouth 2) a letter of the alphabet used as a …
29consonant shift — Ling. a set of changes that take place in the articulation of one or more consonant phonemes between an earlier and a later stage of a language. Cf. first consonant shift, second consonant shift. [1885 90] * * * …
30consonant — con|so|nant1 [ kansənənt ] noun count * a speech sound made by stopping all or some of the air going out of your mouth a. a letter of the alphabet used as a symbol for a consonant . All the letters of the English alphabet are consonants except… …
