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consonance

UK/ˈkɒn.sə.nəns//ˈkɑn.sə.nəns/

consonance noun: a form of rhyme having the same consonants but different vowels.

Noun

consonance (countable and uncountable, plural consonances)

  1. A form of rhyme having the same consonants but different vowels.
  2. Harmony; agreement; absence of discordance.
    • Like a musical string, the optic nerve responds to the waves with which it is in consonance, while it refuses to be excited by others of almost infinitely greater energy, whose period of recurrence are not in unison with its own.1865, John Tyndall, On Radiation: The "Rede" Lecture, Delivered in the Senate-house Before the University of Cambridge on Tuesday, May 16, 1865, page 33
    Synonyms:
    concord, concordance

consonance meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada

consonance in Tamil

ஒத்திசைவு, உடன் ஒத்ததிர்வு, ஒத்திசை, இசைவு, ஏற்பு

consonance in Urdu

ہم آہنگی

consonance in Malayalam

accord, agreement, harmony
ഒത്തൊരുമ, സാമഞ്ജസ്യം, യോജിപ്പ്, സ്വരെെക്യം, ഐകസ്വര്യം, ഏകസ്വരത

consonance in Kannada

ಹೊಂದಿಕೆ, ಹೊಂದಾಣಿಕೆ, ಸ್ವರಪ್ರಾಸ, ವ್ಯಂಜನ ಪ್ರಾಸ

Synonyms of consonance

Antonyms

All synonyms and antonyms of consonance

Forms of consonance

pluralconsonances

Origin of consonance

From Middle English consonance, from Middle French consonance, from Latin cōnsonantia. Doublet of consonancy. By surface analysis, con- + son- + -ance.

Words formed from consonance

Questions about consonance

What does consonance mean?
Consonance means a form of rhyme having the same consonants but different vowels.
What is consonance in Tamil?
Consonance in Tamil is ஒத்திசைவு, உடன் ஒத்ததிர்வு, ஒத்திசை. See Consonance meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is consonance?
Consonance is a noun.
How do you pronounce consonance?
Consonance is pronounced /ˈkɑn.sə.nəns/ (US).
What is the plural of consonance?
The plural of consonance is consonances.

Words near consonance in the dictionary

  1. consomme
  2. consommes
  3. consommé
  4. consommés
  5. Consomol
  6. consonance
  7. consonances
  8. consonancies
  9. consonancy
  10. consonant
  11. consonant cluster

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: consonance (page history and authors); consonance (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); consonance (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); consonance (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); consonance (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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