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nonconsonant

nonconsonant noun: a sound or letter that is not a consonant.

Noun

nonconsonant (plural nonconsonants)

  1. A sound or letter that is not a consonant.

Adjective

nonconsonant (not comparable)

  1. Not consonant; inconsistent.
    • She had a posterior gummy smile; upper teeth were nonconsonant with the lower lip curve together with lower incisor exposure.2019, Ravindra Nanda, Flavio Andres Uribe, Sumit Yadav, Temporary Anchorage Devices in Orthodontics E-Book, page 173

Forms of nonconsonant

pluralnonconsonants

Origin of nonconsonant

From non- + consonant.

Questions about nonconsonant

What does nonconsonant mean?
Nonconsonant means a sound or letter that is not a consonant.
What part of speech is nonconsonant?
Nonconsonant can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of nonconsonant?
The plural of nonconsonant is nonconsonants.

Words near nonconsonant in the dictionary

  1. nonconsolatory
  2. nonconsolidated
  3. nonconsolidation
  4. nonconsoling
  5. nonconsolute
  6. nonconsonant
  7. nonconsonantal
  8. nonconsonants
  9. nonconsorting
  10. nonconspecific
  11. nonconspecifics

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