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consonantisms

consonantisms is the plural of consonantism.

Meaning of consonantism

Noun

consonantism (countable and uncountable, plural consonantisms)

  1. The consonant system of a language or dialect.
  2. The consonants, sequence of consonants, or the quality peculiar to the consonants of a given word or group of words.
    • Still unexplained are geminate *-ll- in type 4, and the aberrant consonantism in type 3, where the *-r- found in the other forms appears to have been replaced with *-θ-2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 240

Questions about consonantisms

What is consonantisms the plural of?
Consonantisms is the plural of consonantism.

Words near consonantisms in the dictionary

  1. consonantaries
  2. consonantary
  3. consonanthood
  4. consonantic
  5. consonantism
  6. consonantisms
  7. consonantization
  8. consonantize
  9. consonantized
  10. consonantizes
  11. consonantizing

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