consonance
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French, from Latin consonantia
Noun[edit]
consonance (countable and uncountable, plural consonances)
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lady lounges lazily, dark deep dread crept in |
- (prosody) The repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels as in assonance.
- (chiefly music) Harmony; agreement; lack of discordance.
- Tyndall
- The optic nerve responds to the waves with which it is in consonance.
- Tyndall
Antonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
the repetition of consonant sounds
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music harmony; agreement