Consonant definition

Consonant

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WordNet

(1) In keeping

"Salaries agreeable with current trends"

"Plans conformable with your wishes"

"Expressed views concordant with his background"

(2) Involving or characterized by harmony

(3) A speech sound that is not a vowel

(4) A letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant

WiktionaryText

consonans, sounding with, from prefix con-, with, + present participle sonans, sounding, from sonare, to sound

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.