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consonantism en · NOUN

Etymology

From consonant + -ism.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The consonant system of a language or dialect.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The consonants, sequence of consonants, or the quality peculiar to the consonants of a given word or group of words.
    • Still unexplained are geminate *-ll- in type 4, and the aberrant consonantism in type 3, where the *-r- found in the other forms appears to have been replaced with *-θ- 2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 240:

Forms

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consonantisms Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

vocalism (consonant system of a language)

Synonyms

consonanthood

Translations (2)

de Konsonantismus (consonant sounds of a language) · it consonantismo (consonant sounds of a language)