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Definition of consonant
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of consonant is as below...
Consonant
(n.) An
articulate
sound which in
utterance
is
usually
combined
and
sounded
with an open sound
called
a
vowel;
a
member
of the
spoken
alphabet
other than a
vowel;
also, a
letter
or
character
representing
such a
sound..
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Aspirate
::
Aspirate
(n.) An
elementary
sound
produced
by the
breath
alone;
a surd, or
nonvocal
consonant;
as, f, th in thin, etc..
Consonant
::
Consonant
(n.) An
articulate
sound which in
utterance
is
usually
combined
and
sounded
with an open sound
called
a
vowel;
a
member
of the
spoken
alphabet
other than a
vowel;
also, a
letter
or
character
representing
such a
sound..
Glide
::
Glide (n.) A
transitional
sound in
speech
which is
produced
by the
changing
of the mouth
organs
from one
definite
position
to
another,
and with
gradual
change
in the most
frequent
cases;
as in
passing
from the
begining
to the end of a
regular
diphthong,
or from vowel to
consonant
or
consonant
to vowel in a
syllable,
or from one
component
to the other of a
double
or
diphthongal
consonant
(see Guide to
Pronunciation,
// 19, 161, 162). Also (by Bell and
others),
the
vanish
(or brief final
element)
M
::
M () M, the
thirteenth
letter
of the
English
alphabet,
is a vocal
consonant,
and from the
manner
of its
formation,
is
called
the
labio-nasal
consonant.
See Guide to
Pronunciation,
//
178-180,
242..
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
Consonantize
::
Consonantize
(v. t.) To
change
into, or use as, a
consonant..
V
::
V () V, the
twenty-second
letter
of the
English
alphabet,
is a vocal
consonant.
V and U are only
varieties
of the same
character,
U being the
cursive
form, while V is
better
adapted
for
engraving,
as in
stone.
The two
letters
were
formerly
used
indiscriminately,
and till a
comparatively
recent
date words
containing
them were often
classed
together
in
dictionaries
and other books of
reference
(see U). The
letter
V is from the Latin
alphabet,
where it was used both as a
consonant
(about
like Engli
Explosive
::
Explosive
(n.) A sound
produced
by an
explosive
impulse
of the
breath;
(Phonetics)
one of
consonants
p, b, t, d, k, g, which are
sounded
with a sort of
explosive
power of
voice.
[See Guide to
Pronunciation,
Ã
155-7,
184.].
Consonant
::
Consonant
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to
consonants;
made up of, or
containing
many,
consonants..
Pure
::
Pure
(superl.)
Of a
single,
simple
sound or tone; -- said of some
vowels
and the
unaspirated
consonants..
Phthongal
::
Phthongal
(a.)
Formed
into, or
characterized
by,
voice;
vocalized;
-- said of all the
vowels
and the
semivowels,
also of the vocal or
sonant
consonants
g, d, b, l, r, v, z, etc..
Harmonious
::
Harmonious
(a.)
Vocally
or
musically
concordant;
agreeably
consonant;
symphonious.
Atonic
::
Atonic
(n.) An
element
of
speech
entirely
destitute
of
vocality,
or
produced
by the
breath
alone;
a
nonvocal
or surd
consonant;
a
breathing..
Assonant
::
Assonant
(a.)
Pertaining
to the
peculiar
species
of rhyme
called
assonance;
not
consonant.
R
::
R () R, the
eighteenth
letter
of the
English
alphabet,
is a vocal
consonant.
It is
sometimes
called
a
semivowel,
and a
liquid.
See Guide to
Pronunciation,
// 178, 179, and
250-254..
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..
Lingual
::
Lingual
(n.) A
consonant
sound
formed
by the aid of the
tongue;
-- a term
especially
applied
to
certain
articulations
(as those of t, d, th, and n) and to the
letters
denoting
them..
Natural
::
Natural
(a.)
Conformed
to the
order,
laws, or
actual
facts,
of
nature;
consonant
to the
methods
of
nature;
according
to the
stated
course
of
things,
or in
accordance
with the laws which
govern
events,
feelings,
etc.; not
exceptional
or
violent;
legitimate;
normal;
regular;
as, the
natural
consequence
of
crime;
a
natural
death..
D
::
D () The
fourth
letter
of the
English
alphabet,
and a vocal
consonant.
The
English
letter
is from
Latin,
which is from
Greek,
which took it from
Ph/nician,
the
probable
ultimate
origin
being
Egyptian.
It is
related
most
nearly
to t and th; as, Eng. deep, G. tief; Eng.
daughter,
G.
tochter,
Gr.
qyga`thr,
Skr.
duhitr.
See Guide to
Pronunciation,
Ã178,
179, 229..
Y
::
Y () Y, the
twenty-fifth
letter
of the
English
alphabet,
at the
beginning
of a word or
syllable,
except
when a
prefix
(see Y-), is
usually
a
fricative
vocal
consonant;
as a
prefix,
and
usually
in the
middle
or at the end of a
syllable,
it is a
vowel.
See Guide to
Pronunciation,
// 145,
178-9,
272..
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