consonantal

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English consonant

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālisbor.

Old French -albor.

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Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

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Latin -ālisbor.

Middle English -al

English -al

English consonantal

From consonant + -al.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌkɒn.səˈnæn.təl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌkɑn.səˈnɛn.təl/, /ˌkɑn.səˈnæn.təl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

consonantal (comparative more consonantal, superlative most consonantal)

1. Of, relating to, or functioning as a consonant.

   Antonym: vocalic

2. Containing one or more consonants.

Derived terms

• anteconsonantal
• biconsonantal
• consonantalize
• consonantally
• interconsonantal
• nonconsonantal
• postconsonantal
• quadriconsonantal
• quadriradical
• semiconsonantal
• triconsonantal
• uniconsonantal

Translations

of, relating to, or functioning as a consonant

• Armenian: բաղաձայնային (baġajaynayin)
• Asturian: consonánticu (ast)
• Belarusian: зы́чны (zýčny)
• Catalan: consonàntic
• Cornish: kessonennel
• Czech: souhláskový (cs)
• Finnish: konsonantti-, konsonanttinen (fi)
• French: consonantique (fr)
• German: konsonantisch (de), Konsonanten-, konsonantig (rare)
• Polish: konsonantyczny (pl), spółgłoskowy (pl)
• Romanian: consonantic (ro)
• Russian: согла́сный (ru) (soglásnyj), консона́нтный (ru) (konsonántnyj)
• Ukrainian: при́голосний (uk) (prýholosnyj)

containing one or more consonants

• Asturian: consonánticu (ast)
• Finnish: konsonantin sisältävä, konsonantteja sisältävä
• Polish: konsonantyczny (pl), spółgłoskowy (pl)

Further reading

• “consonantal”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “consonantal”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Portuguese

Etymology

From consonante +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.so.nɐ̃ˈtaw/ [kõ.so.nɐ̃ˈtaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.su.nɐ̃ˈtal/ [kõ.su.nɐ̃ˈtaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.su.nɐ̃ˈtal/ [kõ.su.nɐ̃ˈtaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.su.nɐ̃ˈta.li/

Adjective

consonantal m or f (plural consonantais)

1. (phonetics) consonantal

Further reading

• “consonantal”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “consonantal”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “consonantal”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “consonantal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026