consonant英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

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.
A letter representing the sound of a consonant.

— Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language, he expressed the important words by an initial, a medial, or a final consonant, and made scratches for all the words between; his clerks, however, understood him very well.

形容词 adj.

Consistent, harmonious, compatible, or in agreement.

— Each one pretends that his opinion […] is consonant to the words there used.
Having the same sound.

— 1645-1650, James Howell, 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.

— No Russian whose dissonant consonant name / Almost shatters to fragments the trumpet of fame.

词形变化

consonants plural more consonant comparative most consonant superlative

词汇关系

反义词

disconsonant dissonant discordant

衍生词

consonantal consonantary consonant cluster consonant gradation consonant harmony consonanthood consonantic consonantism consonantize consonantless consonantly consonantness consonant rhyme consonant stem contoid inconsonant linking consonant nasal consonant nonconsonant semiconsonant unconsonant

词源

词源 1

From Middle English consonant or consonaunt, from Old French consonant, from Latin cōnsonāns (“sounding with”), from the prefix con- (“with”) + the present participle sonāns (“sounding”), from sonāre (“to sound”). The Latin is a calque of Ancient Greek σύμφωνον (súmphōnon).

词源 2

From Middle English consonant or consonaunt, from Old French consonant, from Latin cōnsonāns (“sounding with”), from the prefix con- (“with”) + the present participle sonāns (“sounding”), from sonāre (“to sound”). The Latin is a calque of Ancient Greek σύμφωνον (súmphōnon).