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consonantal

or Dz··Բ·پ

[ kon-suh-nan-tl ]

adjective

  1. of, or of the nature of, a consonant.
  2. marked by consonant sounds.


consonantal

/ ˌɒԲəˈæԳə /

adjective

  1. relating to, functioning as, or constituting a consonant, such as the semivowel w in English work
  2. consisting of or characterized by consonants

    a consonantal cluster

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌDzԲˈԲԳٲ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • Dzȴ·Բt· adverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of consonantal1

First recorded in 1785–95; consonant + -al 1
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Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

The writing was no longer an ambiguous syllabary mixed with logograms but an alphabet borrowed from the Phoenician consonantal alphabet and improved by the Greek invention of vowels.

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But this is not to say that K — as U.S. headline writers shortened his rather unwieldy and consonantal name — didn’t do some sight-seeing in the Washington area.

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It gave him not so much a lisp as a consonantal slurp, making gibberish out of his sweet nothings, but talking was never the main thing between them.

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The consonantal text sometimes betrays these in spite of the Massorah.

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The vowel assonance was after a time completed by the addition of consonantal assonance and then the invention of rhyme was completed.

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