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Definition of consonant
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Consonant
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to
consonants;
made up of, or
containing
many,
consonants..
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Buzz
::
Buzz (n.) The
audible
friction
of voice
consonants.
U
::
U () the
twenty-first
letter
of the
English
alphabet,
is a
cursive
form of the
letter
V, with which it was
formerly
used
interchangeably,
both
letters
being then used both as
vowels
and
consonants.
U and V are now,
however,
differentiated,
U being used only as a vowel or
semivowel,
and V only as a
consonant.
The true
primary
vowel sound of U, in
Anglo-Saxon,
was the sound which it still
retains
in most of the
languages
of
Europe,
that of long oo, as in tool, and short oo, as in wood,
answering
t
Consonant
::
Consonant
(n.) An
articulate
sound which in
utterance
is
usually
combined
and
sounded
with an open sound
called
a
vowel;
a
member
of the
spoken
alphabet
other than a
vowel;
also, a
letter
or
character
representing
such a
sound..
Interdental
::
Interdental
(a.)
Formed
between
the upper and lower
teeth;
as,
interdental
consonants..
Consonant
::
Consonant
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to
consonants;
made up of, or
containing
many,
consonants..
Republican
::
Republican
(a.)
Consonant
with the
principles
of a
republic;
as,
republican
sentiments
or
opinions;
republican
manners..
Explosive
::
Explosive
(n.) A sound
produced
by an
explosive
impulse
of the
breath;
(Phonetics)
one of
consonants
p, b, t, d, k, g, which are
sounded
with a sort of
explosive
power of
voice.
[See Guide to
Pronunciation,
Ã
155-7,
184.].
F
::
F () F is the sixth
letter
of the
English
alphabet,
and a
nonvocal
consonant.
Its form and sound are from the
Latin.
The Latin
borrowed
the form from the Greek
digamma
/, which
probably
had the value of
English
w
consonant.
The form and value of Greek
letter
came from the
Phoenician,
the
ultimate
source
being
probably
Egyptian.
Etymologically
f is most
closely
related
to p, k, v, and b; as in E. five, Gr.
pe`nte;
E. wolf, L.
lupus,
Gr.
ly`kos;
E. fox, vixen ;
fragile,
break;
fruit,
brook,
v. t.;
Consonantness
::
Consonantness
(n.) The
quality
or
condition
of being
consonant,
agreeable,
or
consistent..
Stopcock
::
Stop (n.) Some part of the
articulating
organs,
as the lips, or the
tongue
and
palate,
closed
(a) so as to cut off the
passage
of
breath
or voice
through
the mouth and the nose
(distinguished
as a
lip-stop,
or a
front-stop,
etc., as in p, t, d,
etc.),
or (b) so as to
obstruct,
but not
entirely
cut off, the
passage,
as in l, n, etc.; also, any of the
consonants
so
formed..
Concordant
::
Concordant
(a.)
Agreeing;
correspondent;
harmonious;
consonant.
Consonantly
::
Consonantly
(adv.)
In a
consonant,
consistent,
or
congruous
manner;
agreeably..
Breathe
::
Breathe
(v. t.) To utter
without
vocality,
as the
nonvocal
consonants..
D
::
D () The
fourth
letter
of the
English
alphabet,
and a vocal
consonant.
The
English
letter
is from
Latin,
which is from
Greek,
which took it from
Ph/nician,
the
probable
ultimate
origin
being
Egyptian.
It is
related
most
nearly
to t and th; as, Eng. deep, G. tief; Eng.
daughter,
G.
tochter,
Gr.
qyga`thr,
Skr.
duhitr.
See Guide to
Pronunciation,
Ã178, 179, 229..
Lene
::
Lene (a.)
Applied
to
certain
mute
consonants,
as p, k, and t (or Gr. /, /, /)..
Voice
::
Voice (n.) Sound of the kind or
quality
heard in
speech
or song in the
consonants
b, v, d, etc., and in the
vowels;
sonant,
or
intonated,
utterance;
tone; --
distinguished
from mere
breath
sound as heard in f, s, sh, etc., and also
whisper..
Shut
::
Shut (a.)
Formed
by
complete
closure
of the mouth
passage,
and with the nose
passage
remaining
closed;
stopped,
as are the mute
consonants,
p, t, k, b, d, and hard g..
Spiranthy
::
Spirant
(n.) A term used
differently
by
different
authorities;
-- by some as
equivalent
to
fricative,
-- that is, as
including
all the
continuous
consonants,
except
the
nasals
m, n, ng; with the
further
exception,
by
others,
of the
liquids
r, l, and the
semivowels
w, y; by
others
limited
to f, v, th surd and
sonant,
and the sound of
German
ch, -- thus
excluding
the
sibilants,
as well as the
nasals,
liquids,
and
semivowels.
See Guide to
Pronunciation,
//
197-208..
Flat
::
Flat
(superl.)
Sonant;
vocal;
--
applied
to any one of the
sonant
or vocal
consonants,
as
distinguished
from a
nonsonant
(or
sharp)
consonant..
Voiceless
::
Voiceless
(a.) Not
sounded
with
voice;
as, a
voiceless
consonant;
surd..
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