consonance

§English

§Etymology

From Old French, from Latin consonantia

§Noun

consonance (plural consonances)

1. (prosody) The repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels as in assonance.
2. (chiefly music) harmony; agreement; lack of discordance
   • Tyndall

     The optic nerve responds to the waves with which it is in consonance.

§Translations

the repetition of consonant sounds

• Bulgarian: съзвучие (bg) n (sǎzvučie)

music harmony; agreement

• Bulgarian: съгласие (bg) n (sǎglasie), хармония (bg) f (harmonija)

• Italian: consonanza (it) f

§Antonyms

• dissonance
• discordance

§References

• Lakefield College School Key Literary Terms