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consonant   /'k ns( )n nt/

→ noun 
a basic speech sound in which the breath is at least partly obstructed and which can be combined with a vowel to form a syllable. Contrasted with vowel.

• a letter representing a consonant.

→ adjective 
1. [attrib.] denoting or relating to a consonant: a consonant phoneme.
2. (consonant with) in agreement or harmony with: the findings are consonant with other research.

• (Music) making a harmonious interval or chord: the bass is consonant with all the upper notes.
- DERIVATIVES consonantal adjective  consonantly adverb .
- ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘letter representing a consonant’): via Old French from Latin consonare ‘sound together’, from con- ‘with’ + sonare ‘to sound’ (from sonus ‘sound’).

 


"consonant noun"  The Oxford Dictionary of English (revised edition). Ed. Catherine Soanes and Angus Stevenson. Oxford University Press, 2005. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press.  Universidad de Valencia.  14 November 2009  http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html?subview=Main&entry=t140.e16157

 

 

vowel n.

A speech sound, almost invariably forming the main part of a syllable, that involves no significant obstruction of the airstream through the vocal tract . Various features distinguish the sound of one vowel from another, notably whether the front, ...

(From A Dictionary of Psychology in Politics & Social Sciences)

 

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diphthong

a sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable, in which the sound begins as one vowel and moves towards another (as in coin , loud , and side ). Also, a digraph representing the sound of a diphthong or single vowel (as in feat ...

(From The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable in Mythology & Folklore)

 

 

Kestrel> / k str l/

 

philology, n.

Love of learning and literature; the branch of knowledge that deals with the historical, linguistic, interpretative, and critical aspects of literature; literary or classical scholarship. Now chiefly U.S.

 

crow, n.1

(kr )  [OE. cráwe f., corresp. to OS. krâia, MLG. krâge, krâe, krâ, LG. kraie, kreie, MDu. kraeye, Du. kraai, OHG. chrâwa, chrâja, chrâ, crâwa, crâ, MHG. kræe, krâwe, krâ, Ger. krähe; a WG. deriv. of the vb. crâwan, crâian to CROW, q.v.] 

As noun translated to Spanish:

  1. cuervo
  2. corneja
  3. grajo
  4. canto

As a verb:

  1. hacer alarde
  2. jactarse de
  3. graznar

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