consonant
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- noun
- /ˈkɒnsənənt/
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consonante
- In Italian, words rarely end with a consonant, which is not the case in English.
- vowels and consonants
- final consonant
- consonant cluster
If you, you know, get a, a vowel in a name or you miss up a consonant in somebody's name, wrong, right?
- If you, you know, get a, a vowel in a name or you miss up a consonant in somebody's name, wrong, right?
Examples
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Do you want the vowels or the consonants?
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The patterns of consonants and vowels were different.
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So for example, one of the consonants here is F in the word fathers.
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The original written text consisted only of consonants with the vowels left out.
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The ancient Hebrew alphabet contained no vowels so God's name was rendered only in consonants.
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Most typically developing children produce final consonants by the age of 30 months (Preisser et al., 1988).
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Consonants and vowels.
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The letter B is a consonant because it represents a sound made without an open vocal tract.
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In the English alphabet, consonants like P and T play a crucial role in forming words.
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When you pronounce the word 'cat', the letter C is a consonant that begins the word.
Compounds
- Specialized
A speech sound made by narrowing the mouth so air keeps flowing
- Specialized
A change in a word's first consonant sound caused by grammar in languages like Welsh
- Literature
A repeat of consonant sounds at the ends of words to make lines sound similar
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A speech sound you make with the front of the tongue, like t, d, s or n
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A speech sound made by touching the tongue tip to the upper front teeth
- Specialized
A consonant sound made by closing the throat and then releasing air quickly
- Specialized
A sound that starts blocked then changes to a noisy hiss, like ch in chair or j in joy
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A speech sound made by touching the tongue to the ridge just behind the top front teeth
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A speech sound you make by forcing breath through a narrow gap, like s or f
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A consonant sound made when the lower lip touches the upper teeth, like f or v
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A sound you make when speaking at the back of the mouth or in the throat
- Specialized
A speech sound made by letting air through the nose while the mouth is closed, like m, n, or ng
- Specialized
A speech sound made when air leaves only through the mouth, not the nose
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A speech sound where you tighten the back of the throat when speaking
- Specialized
A speech sound, like p or b, made by stopping the air and then letting it out quickly
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A consonant sound made with the tongue just behind the top front teeth, like the 'sh' in shoe
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A consonant made with the tongue near the ridge just behind the teeth
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A sound made with the back of the tongue touching the soft roof of the mouth like k in cat
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A consonant you make without the vocal cords moving, like the 'p' in pat
Surface Forms
Morphology
consonant = sonant (opaque) = con + son + ant
The Latin combining forms 'con-' and 'son-' are not productive standalone English morphemes for most learners, and the technical meaning 'not a vowel' is not directly inferable.
Etymology
Consonant comes from the Latin parts con- 'with' and sonare 'to sound'. So a consonant is a letter that 'sounds with' a vowel to help make the sounds of a word.