Толковый словарь английского языка - consonant
Consonant
consonant
I. adjective see: sound Date: 15th century being in agreement or harmony ; free from elements making for discord, marked by musical consonances, having similar sounds , relating to or exhibiting consonance ; resonant , ~ly adverb II. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin ~-, consonans, from present participle of consonare Date: 14th century one of a class of speech sounds (as p, g, n, l, s, r) characterized by constriction or closure at one or more points in the breath channel
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n. & adj. --n. 1 a speech sound in which the breath is at least partly obstructed, and which to form a syllable must be combined with a vowel. 2 a letter or letters representing this. --adj. (foll. by with, to) 1 consistent; in agreement or harmony. 2 similar in sound. 3 Mus. making a concord. Derivatives consonantal adj. consonantly adv. Etymology: ME f. F f. L consonare (as com-, sonare sound f. sonus) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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