CONSONANCE


Meaning of CONSONANCE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkän(t)-s(ə-)nən(t)s ]

noun

Date: 15th century

1. : harmony or agreement among components

2.

a. : correspondence or recurrence of sounds especially in words ; specifically : recurrence or repetition of consonants especially at the end of stressed syllables without the similar correspondence of vowels (as in the final sounds of “stroke” and “luck”)

b. : concord 1b

c. : sympathetic vibration , resonance

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