consonant sounds
11consonant — 1 noun (C) 1 a speech sound made by partly or completely stopping the flow of air through the mouth 2 a letter that represents one of these sounds. The letters a , e , i , o , and u represent vowels, and all the other letters are consonants 2… …
12consonant — {{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.… …
13consonant — 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… …
14consonant — [14] Etymologically, consonant means ‘sounding together’. It comes via Old French consonant from Latin consonāns, the present participle of consonāre, a compound verb formed from the prefix com ‘together’ and sonāre ‘sound’. Its application to… …
15consonant — [14] Etymologically, consonant means ‘sounding together’. It comes via Old French consonant from Latin consonāns, the present participle of consonāre, a compound verb formed from the prefix com ‘together’ and sonāre ‘sound’. Its application to… …
16consonant — /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… …
17double consonant — noun 1. : a consonant letter occurring twice in succession in a word (as nn in tunnel) 2. a. : an acoustic impression apprehended or functioning as two consonants, produced by prolonging an articulation (as of s in bus seat), by repeating an… …
18Click consonant — Manners of articulation Obstruent Plosive (occlusive) Affricate Fricative Sibilant Sonorant Nasal Flap/Tap Approximant …
19Retroflex consonant — Retroflex ◌̢ ◌˞ …
20High German consonant shift — High German subdivides into Upper German (green) and Central German (blue), and is distinguished from Low German (yellow) and Dutch. The main isoglosses, the Benrath and Speyer lines, are marked in black. In historical linguistics, the High… …
