a consonant
41consonant system — Ling. the consonant phonemes of a language, esp. when considered as forming an interrelated and interacting group. Cf. vowel system. * * * …
42consonant stem — noun a stem ending in a consonant …
43consonant — 1. noun /ˈkɒn.sən.ənt,ˈkɑn.sən.ənt/ a) 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. b) A letter… …
44consonant — I (Roget s IV) n. Linguistic terms referring to consonant sounds include: voiceless, voiced; labial, bilabial, labiodental, apical, dental, alveolar, retroflex, frontal, alveopalatal, prepalatal, dorsal, palatal, velar, uvular, glottal,… …
45consonant with — in agreement or harmony with. → consonant …
46consonant with — these findings are consonant with recent research Syn: in agreement with, consistent with, in accordance with, in harmony with, compatible with, congruous with, in tune with …
47consonant shift — con′sonant shift n. ling. a set of changes taking place in the articulation of one or more consonant phonemes between an earlier and a later stage of a language, as the shift by which Germanic languages became differentiated from other Indo… …
48consonant — /ˈkɒnsənənt / (say konsuhnuhnt) noun 1. Phonetics a. (as a member of a syllable) a sound subordinated to another sound that has greater sonority; w and g in wig are subordinate to i, the sound of greatest sonority in the syllable, and by virtue… …
49consonant rhyme — noun the repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words • Syn: ↑consonance • Hypernyms: ↑rhyme, ↑rime …
50consonant system — noun the system of consonants used in a particular language (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑consonantal system • Hypernyms: ↑phonemic system * * * Ling. the consonant phonemes of a language, esp. when considered as forming an interrelated and interacting group …
