asonant

English

Etymology

a- + sonant

Pronunciation

  • enPR: ā-sōnʹənt, IPA(key): /eɪ̯ˈsoʊ̯n.ənt/
  • Rhymes: -əʊnənt

Adjective

asonant (not comparable)

  1. Not sounding or sounded; silent.
    The first d in "Wednesday" and the s in "aisle" are asonant.
    • 1829, Rhyme the Leading Principle of Latin Versification, page 15:
      Thus reponens is an asonant rhyme to deprœlian in the following stanza.

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French assonant.

Adjective

asonant m or n (feminine singular asonantă, masculine plural asonanți, feminine and neuter plural asonante)

  1. (linguistics) assonant

Declension

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