OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 1628

consonant

/ˈkɒn.sə.nənt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
consonante
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.
consonante
A letter representing the sound of a consonant.
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;…
“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.
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