Consonant

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Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.1.1 Translations to be checked 1.4 Adjective 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 See also

English

Etymology

From Latin consonans, "sounding with", from prefix con-, with, + present participle sonans, sounding, from sonare, sound

Pronunciation

kŏn'sən-ənt, /ˈkɑnsənənt/, /"kQns@n@nt/

Noun

consonant (plural consonants)

1. In 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.
2. A letter representing the sound of a consonant.

Translations

sound

French: consonne f Japanese: 子音 (しいん, shi-in)

Swedish: konsonant c, konsonantljud n

letter

French: consonne f Japanese: 子音 (しいん, shi-in), 子音字 (しいんじ, shi-in-ji)

Swedish: konsonant c

Translations to be checked

The translations below need to be checked by native speakers and inserted into the appropriate table(s) above.

• Chinese: 輔音, 辅音 (fuyin)
• Dutch: medeklinker m
• Finnish: konsonantti
• German: Konsonant m
• Indonesian: huruf mati, konsonan
• Slovak: spoluhláska f

Adjective

consonant (comparative more consonant, superlative most consonant)

1. Characterized by harmony or agreement.

Translations

• French: consonant m, consonante f
• Slovak: súhlasný m, súhlasná f, súhlasné n

See also

• vowel
• semivowel
• Wikipedia article on consonants