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Meaning of Consonance | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈkɑn.sə.nəns

Definitions

  1. A form of rhyme having the same consonants but different vowels.
  2. Harmony; agreement; absence of discordance.

Equivalents

العربية الإنسجام
Čeština souzvuk
Français consonance
Magyar összhang
Italiano consonanza
Português consonância
Slovenčina súzvuk
Svenska samklang
Українська співзву́ччя

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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