different between dissonant vs resonant

English

Etymology

From Middle French dissonant.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?s?n?nt/

Adjective

dissonant (comparative more dissonant, superlative most dissonant)

1. Exhibiting dissonance; not agreeing or harmonizing.

Translations

Anagrams

• nonsadist

Danish

Adjective

dissonant

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Further reading

• “dissonant” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.s?.n??/

Adjective

dissonant (feminine singular dissonante, masculine plural dissonants, feminine plural dissonantes)

1. dissonant

German

Etymology

From Latin dissonant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?so?nant/
• Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

dissonant (comparative dissonanter, superlative am dissonantesten)

1. dissonant

Declension

Latin

Verb

dissonant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of disson?

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French résonnant or Latin reson?re (“to resound”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???z?n?nt/

Adjective

resonant (comparative more resonant, superlative most resonant)

1. Resounding, echoing.

2. (electrical, of a circuit) Adjusted as to dimensions so that currents or electric surgings are produced by the passage of electric waves of a given frequency.

Synonyms

• (resounding): booming, remugient; see also Thesaurus:sonorous

Translations

Noun

resonant (plural resonants)

1. (phonetics) A sonorant vowel or consonant.

   Synonym: sonorant

Further reading

• sonorant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Verb

resonant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of reson?