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consonant cluster

consonant cluster noun: two or more consonants in succession.

Noun

consonant cluster (plural consonant clusters)

  1. Two or more consonants in succession.
    • In the word “spare”, /sp/ is a consonant cluster.
    • The word "scrub" begins with the S-C-R consonant cluster.

consonant cluster meaning in Tamil, Tagalog, Arabic and Indonesian

consonant cluster in Tamil

மெய் மயக்கம்

consonant cluster in Tagalog

consonant cluster
kambal-katinig

consonant cluster in Arabic

consonant cluster
اِجْتِمَاع السَّاكِنِين ijtimāʕ as-sākinīn, التَّقَاء السَّاكِنِين at-taqāʔ as-sākinīn

consonant cluster in Indonesian

consonant cluster
deret konsonan
More languagesFewer languages
consonant cluster in Persian
خوشه همخوانی
consonant cluster in Vietnamese
cụm phụ âm

Forms of consonant cluster

pluralconsonant clusters

Questions about consonant cluster

What does consonant cluster mean?
Consonant cluster means two or more consonants in succession.
What is consonant cluster in Tamil?
Consonant cluster in Tamil is மெய் மயக்கம். See Consonant cluster meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is consonant cluster?
Consonant cluster is a noun.
What is the plural of consonant cluster?
The plural of consonant cluster is consonant clusters.

Words near consonant cluster in the dictionary

  1. consonance
  2. consonances
  3. consonancies
  4. consonancy
  5. consonant
  6. consonant cluster
  7. consonant clusters
  8. consonant gradation
  9. consonant gradations
  10. consonant harmonies
  11. consonant harmony

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Adapted from Wiktionary: consonant cluster (page history and authors); consonant cluster (Tamil 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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