asonant

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English

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Etymology

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From a- +‎ sonant.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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asonant (not comparable)

  1. Not sounding or sounded; silent.
    The first d in "Wednesday" and the s in "aisle" are asonant.
    • 1829, Rhyme the Leading Principle of Latin Versification, page 15:
      Thus reponens is an asonant rhyme to deprœlian in the following stanza.

Usage notes

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Anagrams

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French assonant.

Adjective

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asonant m or n (feminine singular asonantă, masculine plural asonanți, feminine and neuter plural asonante)

  1. (linguistics) assonant

Declension

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