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consonanthood

consonanthood noun: the property of being a consonant.

Noun

consonanthood (uncountable)

  1. The property of being a consonant.
    • However, since timing tiers lack the information of consonanthood and vowelhood in other syllable theories, consonanthood and vowelhood must be defined in different ways depending on phonological theories.1997, Hyeon-Kwan Cho, A Phonological Analysis of Consonantal Assimilations and Consonant-vowel Interactions, page 159
    • The physiological identity of syllabic consonants on the other hand, their consonanthood, is left unrecorded.2012, Tobias Scheer, What is CVCV and why should it be?, page 300
    Synonyms:
    consonantism

Synonyms of consonanthood

Origin of consonanthood

From consonant + -hood.

Questions about consonanthood

What does consonanthood mean?
Consonanthood means the property of being a consonant.
What part of speech is consonanthood?
Consonanthood is a noun.

Words near consonanthood in the dictionary

  1. consonantalizes
  2. consonantalizing
  3. consonantally
  4. consonantaries
  5. consonantary
  6. consonanthood
  7. consonantic
  8. consonantism
  9. consonantisms
  10. consonantization
  11. consonantize

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