Plural of consonant
regular plural
The plural of consonant is consonants.
Forms of consonant
| Singular | consonant /ˈkɒn.sə.nənt/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | consonants |
| Countable | countable |
Consonants in a sentence
- Voicing is a feature of the consonants b, d, and g.From the entry feature
- Arabic is considered a very guttural language, with many harsh consonants.From the entry guttural
- Chuukese has the unusual feature of permitting word-initial geminate (double) consonants.From the entry Chuukese
- The word scrub begins with a cluster of three consonants.From the entry cluster
- It shouldn't be hard to come up with a musical syllabary in which pitches code for vowels and timbres code for consonants.From the entry syllabary
Meaning of consonant
- noun A sound that results from the passage of air through restrictions of the oral cavity; any sound that is not the dominant sound of a syllable, the dominant sound generally being a vowel.
- noun A letter representing the sound of a consonant.
- adjective Consistent, harmonious, compatible, or in agreement.
Questions about the plural of consonant
- What is the plural of consonant?
- The plural of consonant is consonants.
- Is consonant countable?
- Consonant is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: consonant (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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