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)
• French: consonance (fr) f

• Russian: созву́чие (ru) n (sozvúčije), консона́нс (ru) m (konsonáns)

music harmony; agreement

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

• Italian: consonanza (it) f
• Russian: созву́чие (ru) n (sozvúčije), консона́нс (ru) m (konsonáns), согла́сие (ru) n (soglásije), гармо́ния (ru) f (garmónija)

Antonyms

• dissonance
• discordance

References

• Lakefield College School Key Literary Terms