assonant

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Latin assonāns, present participle of assonō.

Adjective[edit]

assonant (comparative more assonant, superlative most assonant)

(prosody) Characterized by assonance; having successive similar vowel sounds.

Usage notes[edit]

Not to be confused with asonant.

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

characterized by assonance

Bulgarian: съзвучен (bg) (sǎzvučen)
Finnish: yhteensointuva
Polish: asonansowy
Romanian: asonant (ro)
Spanish: asonante (es)

Anagrams[edit]

nanosats

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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Participle[edit]

assonant

present participle of assoner

Further reading[edit]

“assonant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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