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consonant
(mass) | consonant
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consonant
(encz) | consonant,souhláska n: Zdeněk Brož |
Consonant
(gcide) | Consonant \Con"so*nant\, n. [L. consonans, -antis.]
An articulate sound which in utterance is usually combined
and sounded with an open sound called a vowel; a member of
the spoken alphabet other than a vowel; also, a letter or
character representing such a sound.
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Note: Consonants are divided into various classes, as mutes,
spirants, sibilants, nasals, semivowels, etc. All of
them are sounds uttered through a closer position of
the organs than that of a vowel proper, although the
most open of them, as the semivowels and nasals, are
capable of being used as if vowels, and forming
syllables with other closer consonants, as in the
English feeble (-b'l), taken (-k'n). All the consonants
excepting the mutes may be indefinitely, prolonged in
utterance without the help of a vowel, and even the
mutes may be produced with an aspirate instead of a
vocal explosion. Vowels and consonants may be regarded
as the two poles in the scale of sounds produced by
gradual approximation of the organ, of speech from the
most open to the closest positions, the vowel being
more open, the consonant closer; but there is a
territory between them where the sounds produced
partake of the qualities of both.
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Note: "A consonant is the result of audible friction,
squeezing, or stopping of the breath in some part of
the mouth (or occasionally of the throath.) The main
distinction between vowels and consonants is, that
while in the former the mouth configuration merely
modifies the vocalized breath, which is therefore an
essential element of the vowels, in consonants the
narrowing or stopping of the oral passage is the
foundation of the sound, and the state of the glottis
is something secondary." --H. Sweet.
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Consonant
(gcide) | Consonant \Con"so*nant\, a. [L. consonans, -antis; p. pr. of
consonare to sound at the same time, agree; con- + sonare to
sound: cf. F. consonnant. See Sound to make a noise.]
1. Having agreement; congruous; consistent; according; --
usually followed by with or to.
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Each one pretends that his opinion . . . is
consonant to the words there used. --Bp.
Beveridge.
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That where much is given there shall be much
required is a thing consonant with natural equity.
--Dr. H. More.
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2. Having like sounds.
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Consonant words and syllables. --Howell.
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3. (Mus.) harmonizing together; accordant; as, consonant
tones, consonant chords.
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4. Of or pertaining to consonants; made up of, or containing
many, consonants.
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No Russian whose dissonant consonant name
Almost shatters to fragments the trumpet of fame.
--T. Moore.
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consonant
(wn) | consonant
adj 1: involving or characterized by harmony [syn: consonant,
harmonic, harmonical, harmonized, harmonised]
2: in keeping; "salaries agreeable with current trends"; "plans
conformable with your wishes"; "expressed views concordant
with his background" [syn: accordant, agreeable,
conformable, consonant, concordant]
n 1: a speech sound that is not a vowel [ant: vowel, {vowel
sound}]
2: a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant |
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consonant
(mass) | consonant
- spoluhláska |
consonant
(encz) | consonant,souhláska n: Zdeněk Brož |
consonant rhyme
(encz) | consonant rhyme, n: |
consonant system
(encz) | consonant system, n: |
consonantal
(encz) | consonantal,souhláskový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
consonantal system
(encz) | consonantal system, n: |
consonantly
(encz) | consonantly, |
consonants
(encz) | consonants,souhlásky n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
continuant consonant
(encz) | continuant consonant, n: |
dental consonant
(encz) | dental consonant, n: |
fricative consonant
(encz) | fricative consonant, n: |
guttural consonant
(encz) | guttural consonant, n: |
labial consonant
(encz) | labial consonant, n: |
nasal consonant
(encz) | nasal consonant, n: |
plosive consonant
(encz) | plosive consonant, n: |
postconsonantal
(encz) | postconsonantal, |
sibilant consonant
(encz) | sibilant consonant, n: |
stop consonant
(encz) | stop consonant, n: |
voiceless consonant
(encz) | voiceless consonant, n: |
consonant shifting
(gcide) | Lautverschiebung \Laut"ver*schie`bung\
(lout"f[e^]r*sh[=e]`b[oo^]ng), n.; pl. Lautverschiebungen
(lout"f[e^]r*sh[=e]`b[oo^]ng*en). [G.; laut sound +
verschiebung shifting.] (Philol.)
(a) The regular changes which the primitive Indo-European
stops, or mute consonants, underwent in the Teutonic
languages, probably as early as the 3d century b. c.,
often called the first Lautverschiebung, {sound
shifting}, or consonant shifting.
(b) A somewhat similar set of changes taking place in the
High German dialects (less fully in modern literary
German) from the 6th to the 8th century, known as the
second Lautverschiebung, the results of which form the
striking differences between High German and The Low
German Languages. The statement of these changes is
commonly regarded as forming part of Grimm's law,
because included in it as originally framed.
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Consonantal
(gcide) | Consonantal \Con`so*nan"tal\, a.
Of the nature of a consonant; pertaining to consonants.
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Consonantize
(gcide) | Consonantize \Con"so*nant*ize\, v. t.
To change into, or use as, a consonant. "The vowel is
consonantized, that is, made closer in position." --Peile.
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Consonantly
(gcide) | Consonantly \Con"so*nant*ly\, adv.
In a consonant, consistent, or congruous manner; agreeably.
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Consonantness
(gcide) | Consonantness \Con"so*nant*ness\, n.
The quality or condition of being consonant, agreeable, or
consistent.
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Inconsonant
(gcide) | Inconsonant \In*con"so*nant\, a. [L. inconsonans. See In- not,
and Consonant.]
Not consonant or agreeing; inconsistent; discordant. --
In*con"so*nant*ly, adv.
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Inconsonantly
(gcide) | Inconsonant \In*con"so*nant\, a. [L. inconsonans. See In- not,
and Consonant.]
Not consonant or agreeing; inconsistent; discordant. --
In*con"so*nant*ly, adv.
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Open consonant
(gcide) | Open \O"pen\, a. [AS. open; akin to D. open, OS. opan, G. offan,
Icel. opinn, Sw. ["o]ppen, Dan. aaben, and perh. to E. up.
Cf. Up, and Ope.]
1. Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording
unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing
passage; not locked up or covered over; -- applied to
passageways; as, an open door, window, road, etc.; also,
to inclosed structures or objects; as, open houses, boxes,
baskets, bottles, etc.; also, to means of communication or
approach by water or land; as, an open harbor or
roadstead.
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Through the gate,
Wide open and unguarded, Satan passed. --Milton
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Note: Also, figuratively, used of the ways of communication
of the mind, as by the senses; ready to hear, see,
etc.; as, to keep one's eyes and ears open.
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His ears are open unto their cry. --Ps. xxxiv.
15.
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2. Free to be used, enjoyed, visited, or the like; not
private; public; unrestricted in use; as, an open library,
museum, court, or other assembly; liable to the approach,
trespass, or attack of any one; unprotected; exposed.
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If Demetrius . . . have a matter against any man,
the law is open and there are deputies. --Acts xix.
33.
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The service that I truly did his life,
Hath left me open to all injuries. --Shak.
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3. Free or cleared of obstruction to progress or to view;
accessible; as, an open tract; the open sea.
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4. Not drawn together, closed, or contracted; extended;
expanded; as, an open hand; open arms; an open flower; an
open prospect.
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Each, with open arms, embraced her chosen knight.
--Dryden.
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5. Hence:
(a) Without reserve or false pretense; sincere;
characterized by sincerity; unfeigned; frank; also,
generous; liberal; bounteous; -- applied to personal
appearance, or character, and to the expression of
thought and feeling, etc.
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With aspect open, shall erect his head. --Pope.
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The Moor is of a free and open nature. --Shak.
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The French are always open, familiar, and
talkative. --Addison.
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(b) Not concealed or secret; not hidden or disguised;
exposed to view or to knowledge; revealed; apparent;
as, open schemes or plans; open shame or guilt; open
source code.
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His thefts are too open. --Shak.
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That I may find him, and with secret gaze
Or open admiration him behold. --Milton.
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6. Not of a quality to prevent communication, as by closing
water ways, blocking roads, etc.; hence, not frosty or
inclement; mild; -- used of the weather or the climate;
as, an open season; an open winter. --Bacon.
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7. Not settled or adjusted; not decided or determined; not
closed or withdrawn from consideration; as, an open
account; an open question; to keep an offer or opportunity
open.
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8. Free; disengaged; unappropriated; as, to keep a day open
for any purpose; to be open for an engagement.
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9. (Phon.)
(a) Uttered with a relatively wide opening of the
articulating organs; -- said of vowels; as, the [aum]n
f[aum]r is open as compared with the [=a] in s[=a]y.
(b) Uttered, as a consonant, with the oral passage simply
narrowed without closure, as in uttering s.
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10. (Mus.)
(a) Not closed or stopped with the finger; -- said of the
string of an instrument, as of a violin, when it is
allowed to vibrate throughout its whole length.
(b) Produced by an open string; as, an open tone.
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The open air, the air out of doors.
Open chain. (Chem.) See Closed chain, under Chain.
Open circuit (Elec.), a conducting circuit which is
incomplete, or interrupted at some point; -- opposed to an
uninterrupted, or closed circuit.
Open communion, communion in the Lord's supper not
restricted to persons who have been baptized by immersion.
Cf. Close communion, under Close, a.
Open diapason (Mus.), a certain stop in an organ, in which
the pipes or tubes are formed like the mouthpiece of a
flageolet at the end where the wind enters, and are open
at the other end.
Open flank (Fort.), the part of the flank covered by the
orillon.
Open-front furnace (Metal.), a blast furnace having a
forehearth.
Open harmony (Mus.), harmony the tones of which are widely
dispersed, or separated by wide intervals.
Open hawse (Naut.), a hawse in which the cables are
parallel or slightly divergent. Cf. Foul hawse, under
Hawse.
Open hearth (Metal.), the shallow hearth of a reverberatory
furnace.
Open-hearth furnace, a reverberatory furnace; esp., a kind
of reverberatory furnace in which the fuel is gas, used in
manufacturing steel.
Open-hearth process (Steel Manuf.), a process by which
melted cast iron is converted into steel by the addition
of wrought iron, or iron ore and manganese, and by
exposure to heat in an open-hearth furnace; -- also called
the Siemens-Martin process, from the inventors.
Open-hearth steel, steel made by an open-hearth process; --
also called Siemens-Martin steel.
Open newel. (Arch.) See Hollow newel, under Hollow.
Open pipe (Mus.), a pipe open at the top. It has a pitch
about an octave higher than a closed pipe of the same
length.
Open-timber roof (Arch.), a roof of which the
constructional parts, together with the under side of the
covering, or its lining, are treated ornamentally, and
left to form the ceiling of an apartment below, as in a
church, a public hall, and the like.
Open vowel or Open consonant. See Open, a., 9.
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Note: Open is used in many compounds, most of which are
self-explaining; as, open-breasted, open-minded.
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Syn: Unclosed; uncovered; unprotected; exposed; plain;
apparent; obvious; evident; public; unreserved; frank;
sincere; undissembling; artless. See Candid, and
Ingenuous.
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Unconsonant
(gcide) | Unconsonant \Un*con"so*nant\, a.
Incongruous; inconsistent. "A thing unconsonant." --Hooker.
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affricate consonant
(wn) | affricate consonant
n 1: a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a
fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair'
and `j' in `joy') [syn: affricate, affricate consonant,
affricative] |
alveolar consonant
(wn) | alveolar consonant
n 1: a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the
gum ridge [syn: alveolar consonant, dental consonant,
alveolar, dental] |
consonant
(wn) | consonant
adj 1: involving or characterized by harmony [syn: consonant,
harmonic, harmonical, harmonized, harmonised]
2: in keeping; "salaries agreeable with current trends"; "plans
conformable with your wishes"; "expressed views concordant
with his background" [syn: accordant, agreeable,
conformable, consonant, concordant]
n 1: a speech sound that is not a vowel [ant: vowel, {vowel
sound}]
2: a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant |
consonant rhyme
(wn) | consonant rhyme
n 1: the repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns)
especially at the ends of words [syn: consonance,
consonant rhyme] |
consonant system
(wn) | consonant system
n 1: the system of consonants used in a particular language
[syn: consonant system, consonantal system] |
consonantal
(wn) | consonantal
adj 1: being or marked by or containing or functioning as a
consonant; "consonantal sounds"; "a consonantal Hebrew
text"; "consonantal alliteration"; "a consonantal
cluster" [ant: vocalic]
2: relating to or having the nature of a consonant |
consonantal system
(wn) | consonantal system
n 1: the system of consonants used in a particular language
[syn: consonant system, consonantal system] |
continuant consonant
(wn) | continuant consonant
n 1: consonant articulated by constricting (but not closing) the
vocal tract [syn: continuant consonant, continuant]
[ant: occlusive, plosive, plosive consonant, {plosive
speech sound}, stop, stop consonant] |
dental consonant
(wn) | dental consonant
n 1: a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the
gum ridge [syn: alveolar consonant, dental consonant,
alveolar, dental] |
fricative consonant
(wn) | fricative consonant
n 1: a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a
narrowing of the vocal tract [syn: fricative consonant,
fricative, spirant] |
guttural consonant
(wn) | guttural consonant
n 1: a consonant articulated in the back of the mouth or throat
[syn: guttural, guttural consonant, pharyngeal,
pharyngeal consonant] |
labial consonant
(wn) | labial consonant
n 1: a consonant whose articulation involves movement of the
lips [syn: labial consonant, labial] |
labiodental consonant
(wn) | labiodental consonant
n 1: a consonant whose articulation involves the lips and teeth
[syn: labiodental consonant, labiodental] |
nasal consonant
(wn) | nasal consonant
n 1: a consonant produced through the nose with the mouth closed
[syn: nasal consonant, nasal] |
pharyngeal consonant
(wn) | pharyngeal consonant
n 1: a consonant articulated in the back of the mouth or throat
[syn: guttural, guttural consonant, pharyngeal,
pharyngeal consonant] |
plosive consonant
(wn) | plosive consonant
n 1: a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some
point and suddenly releasing it; "his stop consonants are
too aspirated" [syn: stop consonant, stop, occlusive,
plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, plosive]
[ant: continuant, continuant consonant] |
sibilant consonant
(wn) | sibilant consonant
n 1: a consonant characterized by a hissing sound (like s or sh)
[syn: sibilant, sibilant consonant] |
stop consonant
(wn) | stop consonant
n 1: a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some
point and suddenly releasing it; "his stop consonants are
too aspirated" [syn: stop consonant, stop, occlusive,
plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, plosive]
[ant: continuant, continuant consonant] |
velar consonant
(wn) | velar consonant
n 1: a consonant produced with the back of the tongue touching
or near the soft palate [syn: velar, velar consonant] |
voiceless consonant
(wn) | voiceless consonant
n 1: a consonant produced without sound from the vocal cords
[syn: surd, voiceless consonant] |
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