Looking for the meaning of the word CONSONANTS in English for both noun and verb forms from the Oxford Dictionary? Below, you can explore all possible meanings and definitions of CONSONANTS with sentence examples. You can also use the “AUDIO PRONUNCIATION” track to check the correct pronunciation in British English.
Word: Consonant
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Middle English (in the sense ‘letter representing a consonant’): via Old French from Latin consonare ‘sound together’, from con- ‘with’ + sonare ‘to sound’ (from sonus ‘sound’)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈkɒnsənənt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a basic speech sound in which the breath is at least partly obstructed and which can be combined with a vowel to form a syllable.
Short Definition:speech sound
Examples:- fricatives are by far the largest group of English consonants
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