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Definition of consonant
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Consonant
(a.)
harmonizing
together;
accordant;
as,
consonant
tones,
consonant
chords..
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Uncertain
::
Uncertain
(a.)
Irresolute;
inconsonant;
variable;
untrustworthy;
as, an
uncertain
person;
an
uncertain
breeze..
F
::
F () F is the sixth
letter
of the
English
alphabet,
and a
nonvocal
consonant.
Its form and sound are from the
Latin.
The Latin
borrowed
the form from the Greek
digamma
/, which
probably
had the value of
English
w
consonant.
The form and value of Greek
letter
came from the
Phoenician,
the
ultimate
source
being
probably
Egyptian.
Etymologically
f is most
closely
related
to p, k, v, and b; as in E. five, Gr.
pe`nte;
E. wolf, L.
lupus,
Gr.
ly`kos;
E. fox, vixen ;
fragile,
break;
fruit,
brook,
v. t.;
Concordant
::
Concordant
(a.)
Agreeing;
correspondent;
harmonious;
consonant.
Consonant
::
Consonant
(a.)
harmonizing
together;
accordant;
as,
consonant
tones,
consonant
chords..
Absonant
::
Absonant
(a.)
Discordant;
contrary;
--
opposed
to
consonant.
J
::
"J () J is the tenth
letter
of the
English
alphabet.
It is a later
variant
form of the Roman
letter
I, used to
express
a
consonantal
sound,
that is,
originally,
the sound of
English
y in yet. The forms J and I have, until a
recent
time, been
classed
together,
and they have been used
interchangeably..
Labial
::
Labial
(a.)
Articulated,
as a
consonant,
mainly
by the lips, as b, p, m, w..
Voice
::
Voice (n.) Sound of the kind or
quality
heard in
speech
or song in the
consonants
b, v, d, etc., and in the
vowels;
sonant,
or
intonated,
utterance;
tone; --
distinguished
from mere
breath
sound as heard in f, s, sh, etc., and also
whisper..
Assonance
::
Assonance
(n.) A
peculiar
species
of
rhyme,
in which the last
acce`ted
vow`l and tnose whioh
follow
it in one word
correspond
in sound with the
vowels
of
another
word, while the
consonants
of the two words are
unlike
in
sound;
as,
calamo
and
platano,
baby and
chary..
S
::
S () the
nineteenth
letter
of the
English
alphabet,
is a
consonant,
and is often
called
a
sibilant,
in
allusion
to its
hissing
sound.
It has two
principal
sounds;
one a mere
hissing,
as in sack, this; the other a vocal
hissing
(the same as that of z), as in is, wise.
Besides
these it
sometimes
has the
sounds
of sh and zh, as in sure,
measure.
It
generally
has its
hissing
sound at the
beginning
of
words,
but in the
middle
and at the end of words its sound is
determined
by
usage.
In a few words it
Syllable
::
Syllable
(n.) An
elementary
sound,
or a
combination
of
elementary
sounds,
uttered
together,
or with a
single
effort
or
impulse
of the
voice,
and
constituting
a word or a part of a word. In other
terms,
it is a vowel or a
diphtong,
either
by
itself
or
flanked
by one or more
consonants,
the whole
produced
by a
single
impulse
or
utterance.
One of the
liquids,
l, m, n, may fill the place of a vowel in a
syllable.
Adjoining
syllables
in a word or
phrase
need not to be
marked
off by a
pause,
but only
Semivowel
::
Semivowel
(n.) A sound
intermediate
between
a vowel and a
consonant,
or
partaking
of the
nature
of both, as in the
English
w and y..
Rightful
::
Rightful
(a.)
Consonant
to
justice;
just; as, a
rightful
cause..
W
::
W () the
twenty-third
letter
of the
English
alphabet,
is
usually
a
consonant,
but
sometimes
it is a
vowel,
forming
the
second
element
of
certain
diphthongs,
as in few, how. It takes its
written
form and its name from the
repetition
of a V, this being the
original
form of the Roman
capital
letter
which we call U.
Etymologically
it is most
related
to v and u. See V, and U. Some of the
uneducated
classes
in
England,
especially
in
London,
confuse
w and v,
substituting
the one for the
other,
as weal
Concord
::
Concord
(n.) An
agreeable
combination
of tones
simultaneously
heard;
a
consonant
chord;
consonance;
harmony.
A
::
A
(prep.)
In
process
of; in the act of; into; to; -- used with
verbal
substantives
in -ing which begin with a
consonant.
This is a
shortened
form of the
preposition
an
(which
was used
before
the vowel
sound);
as in a
hunting,
a
building,
a
begging..
Cacuminal
::
Cacuminal
(a.)
Pertaining
to the top of the
palate;
cerebral;
--
applied
to
certain
consonants;
as,
cacuminal
(or
cerebral)
letters..
Harmonious
::
Harmonious
(a.)
Vocally
or
musically
concordant;
agreeably
consonant;
symphonious.
Spiranthy
::
Spirant
(n.) A term used
differently
by
different
authorities;
-- by some as
equivalent
to
fricative,
-- that is, as
including
all the
continuous
consonants,
except
the
nasals
m, n, ng; with the
further
exception,
by
others,
of the
liquids
r, l, and the
semivowels
w, y; by
others
limited
to f, v, th surd and
sonant,
and the sound of
German
ch, -- thus
excluding
the
sibilants,
as well as the
nasals,
liquids,
and
semivowels.
See Guide to
Pronunciation,
//
197-208..
U
::
U () the
twenty-first
letter
of the
English
alphabet,
is a
cursive
form of the
letter
V, with which it was
formerly
used
interchangeably,
both
letters
being then used both as
vowels
and
consonants.
U and V are now,
however,
differentiated,
U being used only as a vowel or
semivowel,
and V only as a
consonant.
The true
primary
vowel sound of U, in
Anglo-Saxon,
was the sound which it still
retains
in most of the
languages
of
Europe,
that of long oo, as in tool, and short oo, as in wood,
answering
t
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