consonant

noun · adjectiveB2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

consonants

1.
(phonetics) 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.
2.
A letter representing the sound of a consonant.

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adjective

Comparative

more consonant

Superlative

most consonant

1.
Consistent, harmonious, compatible, or in agreement.
This essential right of the courts to be free of intimidation and coercion was held to be consonant with a recognition that freedom of the press must be allowed in the broadest scope compatible with the supremacy of order.
2.
Having the same sound.
1645-1650, James Howell, Epistolae Ho-Elianae consonant words and syllables
3.
(music) Harmonizing together; accordant.
consonant tones; consonant chords
4.
Of or relating to consonants; made up of, or containing many, consonants.

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Trái nghĩa

disconsonantdissonant discordant

Cùng gốc / liên quan

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English consonant or consonaunt, from Old French consonant, from Latin cōnsonāns (sounding with), from the prefix con- (with) + the present participle sonāns (sounding), from sonāre (to sound). The Latin is a calque of Ancient Greek σύμφωνον.