consonant

Meanings

Noun

• 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.

Adjective

• consistent, harmonious, compatible, or in agreement
• Having the same sound.
• Harmonizing together; accordant.
• Of or relating to consonants; made up of, or containing many, consonants.

Related

Opposite words

• disconsonant
• dissonant
• discordant

Origin

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