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Meaning of consonant | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

ˈkɒn.sə.nənt

Definitions

A sound that results from the passage of air through restrictions of the oral cavity; any sound that is not the dominant sound of a syllable, the dominant sound generally being a vowel.
A letter representing the sound of a consonant.

Equivalents

العربية الحرف الساكن حرف صامت

Azərbaycanca samit

Беларуская зычны

Български съгла́сна

Bosanski konsonant samit suglas suglasnik консонант сугласник

Català consonant

Čeština konsonant souhláska

Cymraeg cytsain

Dansk konsonant

Deutsch Konsonant Mitlaut

Ελληνικά σύμφωνο

Esperanto konsonanto

Español consonante

Euskara kontsonante

Suomi kerake konsonantti

Français consonant consonant consonne

Gaeilge consan

Gàidhlig connrag consan

עברית עיצור

हिन्दी व्यंजन

Hrvatski konsonant samit suglas suglasnik консонант сугласник

Magyar mássalhangzó

Հայերեն բաղաձայն

Bahasa Indonesia huruf mati konsonan

Íslenska samhljóð samhljóði

Italiano consonante

日本語子音子音字

ქართული თანხმოვანი

ខ្មែរ ព្យញ្ជនៈ

한국어 닿소리 자음

Kurdî konsonant

Кыргызча үнсүз

Latina consonans

Lietuvių priebalsis

Latviešu līdzskanis

Македонски согласка

മലയാളം വ്യഞ്ജനം

Монгол гийгүүлэгч

Bahasa Melayu bunyi mati huruf mati konsonan

မြန်မာဘာသာ ဗျည်း

Nederlands consonant medeklinker

Polski spółgłoska

Português consoante

Română consoană

Русский согласная согласный

Slovenčina spoluhláska

Slovenščina soglasnik

Shqip bashkëtingëllore

Српски konsonant samit suglas suglasnik консонант сугласник

Svenska konsonant konsonantljud

Kiswahili konsonanti

தமிழ் ஒற்று மெய்யெழுத்து

తెలుగు హల్లు

ไทย พยัญชนะ

Tagalog katinig

Türkçe abanık konsonant sessiz sessiz harf ünsüz ünsüz harf

Українська приголосний

Tiếng Việt phụ âm

Yorùbá kọnsonanti

Examples

“Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language, he expressed the important words by an initial, a medial, or a final consonant, and made scratches for all the words between; his clerks, however, understood him very well.”

““Tell me, has right anything to do with the law?” I asked. “You have used the wrong initial consonant,” he smiled in answer. “Might?” I queried; and he nodded his head.”

CEFR level

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

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