consonance en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈkɑn.sə.nəns/ (General-American)
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- /ˈkɒn.sə.nəns/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Middle English consonance, from Middle French consonance, from Latin cōnsonantia. Doublet of consonancy. By surface analysis, con- + son- + -ance.
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) A form of rhyme having the same consonants but different vowels.
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(countable, uncountable) Harmony; agreement; absence of discordance.
Like a musical string, the optic nerve responds to the waves with which it is in consonance, while it refuses to be excited by others of almost infinitely greater energy, whose period of recurrence are not in unison with its own.
1865, John Tyndall, On Radiation: The "Rede" Lecture, Delivered in the Senate-house Before the University of Cambridge on Tuesday, May 16, 1865, page 33
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| consonances | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
discordance · dissonance · perfect rhyme · cacophony · full rhyme · dissonance · exact rhyme
Coordinates
Deriveds
Hypernyms
imperfect rhyme · rhyme · concord
Synonyms
pararhyme · concord · concordance · consonant rhyme
Translations (24)
fr consonance (music harmony; agreement) · mi orokatirua (the repetition of consonant sounds) · bg хармония (music harmony; agreement) · ru согла́сие (music harmony; agreement) · cs souzvuk (music harmony; agreement) · sv samklang (music harmony; agreement) · ru созву́чие (music harmony; agreement) · pt consonância (music harmony; agreement) · ru консона́нс (the repetition of consonant sounds) · fr consonance (the repetition of consonant sounds) · hu összhangzat (music harmony; agreement) · it consonanza (music harmony; agreement) · bg съгласие (music harmony; agreement) · bg съзвучие (the repetition of consonant sounds) · sk súzvuk (music harmony; agreement) · sv konsonans (music harmony; agreement) · ru консона́нс (music harmony; agreement) · uk співзву́ччя (music harmony; agreement) · hu konszonánc (the repetition of consonant sounds) · ru созву́чие (the repetition of consonant sounds) · mi orokati tārua (the repetition of consonant sounds) · hu összhang (music harmony; agreement) · hu mássalhangzós asszonánc (the repetition of consonant sounds) · ru гармо́ния (music harmony; agreement)