consonant

/ˈkän(t)-s(ə-)nənt/

Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, "in conformity with," borrowed from Latin consonant-, consonans "sounding in accord, agreeing, fitting," from present participle of consonāre "to sound together, agree, be in harmony," from con- com-sonāre "to make a noise, sound"

adjective

  1. being in agreement or harmony : free from elements making for discord

  2. marked by musical consonances

  3. having similar sounds

The decision was consonant with the company's usual practice.

noun

  1. one of a class of speech sounds (such as \p\, \g\, \n\, \l\, \s\, \r\) characterized by constriction or closure at one or more points in the breath channel; also : a letter representing a consonant —usually used in English of any letter except a, e, i, o, and u

noun

  1. a set of regular changes in consonant articulation in the history of a language or dialect:

  2. such a set affecting the Indo-European stops and distinguishing the Germanic languages from the other Indo-European languages

  3. such a set affecting the Germanic stops and distinguishing High German from the other Germanic languages