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consonanthood en · NOUN

Etymology

From consonant + -hood.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The property of being a consonant.
    • The physiological identity of syllabic consonants on the other hand, their consonanthood, is left unrecorded. 2012, Tobias Scheer, What is CVCV and why should it be?, page 300:
    • However, since timing tiers lack the information of consonanthood and vowelhood in other syllable theories, consonanthood and vowelhood must be defined in different ways depending on phonological theories. 1997, Hyeon-Kwan Cho, A Phonological Analysis of Consonantal Assimilations and Consonant-vowel Interactions, page 159:

Synonyms

consonantism