consonant
suomi-englanti sanakirjaconsonant englannista suomeksi
kerake, konsonantti
sointuva
konsonoiva
Substantiivi
Verbi
consonant englanniksi
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.
{{ux|en|The 20 unquestionable consonants in the English alphabet are B, C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T, V, W,
(RQ:Besant Ivory Gate)
(RQ:London Iron Heel)
1710, (w), ''The true nature of the Christian church, the office of its ministers, and the means of grace administred by them explain'd. In twelve sermons''
- Each one pretends that his opinion (..) is consonant to the words there used.
1900, (w), "The Rev. Mr. Carter, Parson-Publican", in ''Yorkshire Oddities, Incidents and Strange Events''
- Cheerfulness, even gaiety, is consonant with every species of virtue and practice of religion, and I think it inconsistent only with impiety and vice.
1946, (w), ''Pennekamp v. Florida'' 328 U.S. 331,334
- This essential right of the courts to be free of intimidation and coercion was held to be consonant with a recognition that freedom of the press must be allowed in the broadest scope compatible with the supremacy of order.
Having the same sound.
1645-1650, (w), ''Epistolae Ho-Elianae''
- consonant words and syllables
Harmonizing together; accordant.
''consonant tones; consonant chords''
Of or relating to consonants; made up of, or containing many, consonants.
1813, (w), ''Intercepted Letters, or the Two-Penny Post-Bag''
- No Russian whose dissonant consonant name / Almost shatters to fragments the trumpet of fame.
(l)
(inflection of)