consoante

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Indo-European *swonh₂éyeti

Proto-Italic *swonaō

Latin sonō

Latin cōnsonō

Latin cōnsonantem

Old Galician-Portuguese *consõante

Portuguese consoante

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese *consõante, from Latin cōnsonantem (“sounding with”). Doublet of consonante.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.soˈɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõˈswɐ̃.tɨ/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐ̃tɨ, (Brazil) -ɐ̃tʃi
• Hyphenation: con‧so‧an‧te

Noun

consoante f (plural consoantes)

1. consonant

Preposition

consoante

1. according to

   Synonyms: conforme, segundo, de acordo com

Further reading

• “consoante”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “consoante”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026