CONSONANT

I. adjective see: sound Date: 15th century being in agreement or harmony ; free from elements making for discord, marked by musical consonances, having similar sounds , relating to or exhibiting consonance ; resonant , ~ly adverb II. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin ~-, consonans, from present participle of consonare Date: 14th century one of a class of speech sounds (as \\p\\, \\g\\, \\n\\, \\l\\, \\s\\, \\r\\) characterized by constriction or closure at one or more points in the breath channel