consonant rhyme
- noun
- /ˈkɒnsənənt raɪm/
- Literature
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rima consonante
- In 'blank' and 'think,' the repeated 'nk' sound is an example of consonant rhyme.
Examples
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The poem uses consonant rhyme to create a pleasing echo at the end of each line.
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Writers often employ consonant rhyme for subtle sound effects in their verses.
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The poem uses consonant rhyme to create a musical quality.
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Have you noticed the consonant rhyme in her lyrics?
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In 'blank' and 'think,' the repeated 'nk' sound is an example of consonant rhyme.
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The poem uses consonant rhyme to create a pleasing echo at the end of each line.
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Writers often employ consonant rhyme for subtle sound effects in their verses.
Synonyms
The repeating of the same consonant sound at the ends of words
How Exact
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a direct composition of 'consonant' (nonvowel sound) and 'rhyme' (correspondence of sounds), so its meaning — rhyme based on consonant sounds — can be inferred by a learner who knows both words. This is a straightforward, cross-linguistically common descriptive formation rather than an idiom, so a B1 learner would likely understand it.
Etymology
Consonant rhyme paints a simple picture: the word consonant points to hard letter sounds like 'n', 'k' or 't', and rhyme means a small 'echo' between word endings. So when two words share the same ending sound, like blank and think with the 'nk', they make that echo, which is why consonant rhyme means 'repeating consonant sounds' at the ends of words.