different between consonant vs apophony
consonant
English
Etymology
From Middle English consonant or consonaunt, from Old French consonant, from Latin c?nson?ns (“sounding with”), from the prefix con- (“with”) + the present participle son?ns (“sounding”), from son?re (“to sound”). The Latin is a calque of Ancient Greek ???????? (súmph?non).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: k?n's?n?nt, IPA(key): /?k?n.s?.n?nt/
- (US) enPR: kän's(?)n?nt, IPA(key): /?k?n.s?.n?nt/, /?k?ns.n?nt/
Noun
consonant (plural consonants)
- (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.
- A letter representing the sound of a consonant.
Translations
Adjective
consonant (comparative more consonant, superlative most consonant)
- Characterized by harmony or agreement.
- 1710, William Beveridge, The true nature of the Christian church, the office of its ministers, and the means of grace administred by them explain'd. In twelve sermons
- Each one pretends that his opinion […] is consonant to the words there used.
- 1900, Sabine Baring-Gould, "The Rev. Mr. Carter, Parson-Publican", in Yorkshire Oddities, Incidents and Strange Events
- Cheerfulness, even gaiety, is consonant with every species of virtue and practice of religion, and I think it inconsistent only with impiety and vice.
- 1946, United States Supreme Court, Pennekamp v. Florida 328 U.S. 331,334
- 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.
- 1710, William Beveridge, The true nature of the Christian church, the office of its ministers, and the means of grace administred by them explain'd. In twelve sermons
- Having the same sound.
- 1645-1650, James Howell, Epistolae Ho-Elianae
- consonant words and syllables
- 1645-1650, James Howell, Epistolae Ho-Elianae
- (music) Harmonizing together; accordant.
- consonant tones; consonant chords
- Of or relating to consonants; made up of, or containing many, consonants.
- 1813, Thomas Moore, Intercepted Letters, or the Two-Penny Post-Bag
- No Russian whose dissonant consonant name / Almost shatters to fragments the trumpet of fame.
- 1813, Thomas Moore, Intercepted Letters, or the Two-Penny Post-Bag
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:consonant.
Antonyms
- disconsonant
- dissonant
- discordant
Related terms
- consonance
- consonantal
Translations
See also
- vowel
- semivowel
- Wikipedia article on consonants
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin consonans, attested from the 14th century.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /kon.so?nant/
- (Central) IPA(key): /kun.su?nan/
- Rhymes: -ant
Adjective
consonant (masculine and feminine plural consonants)
- consonant
Noun
consonant f (plural consonants)
- consonant
Derived terms
- consonàntic
References
Further reading
- “consonant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “consonant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “consonant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?kon.so.nant/, [?kõ?s??nän?t?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?kon.so.nant/, [?k?ns?n?n?t?]
Verb
c?nsonant
- third-person plural present active indicative of c?nson?
consonant From the web:
- what consonants
- what consonant mean
- what consonant phonemes are unvoiced
- what consonant blends to teach first
- what consonants are voiced
- what consonants should be taught first
- what consonants are voiced
- what consonant blends to teach first
apophony
English
Etymology
From French apophonie, from French apo- + Ancient Greek ???? (ph?n?, “sound”), after Ancient Greek ???- (apo-, “away, from, off”) +? ???? (ph?n?, “sound”).
Noun
apophony (countable and uncountable, plural apophonies)
- (phonetics) Alternation of sounds within a word that indicates grammatical information (often inflectional).
Synonyms
- ablaut
- gradation
- stem mutation
Translations
See also
- apophony on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
apophony From the web:
- what does epiphany mean
- what does apophony
- what does epiphany represent
- what does the word epiphany mean
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