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  Consonant \Con"so*nant\, n. [L. consonans, -antis.]
     An articulate sound which in utterance is usually combined
     and sounded with an open sound called a vowel; a member of
     the spoken alphabet other than a vowel; also, a letter or
     character representing such a sound.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: Consonants are divided into various classes, as mutes,
           spirants, sibilants, nasals, semivowels, etc. All of
           them are sounds uttered through a closer position of
           the organs than that of a vowel proper, although the
           most open of them, as the semivowels and nasals, are
           capable of being used as if vowels, and forming
           syllables with other closer consonants, as in the
           English feeble (-b'l), taken (-k'n). All the consonants
           excepting the mutes may be indefinitely, prolonged in
           utterance without the help of a vowel, and even the
           mutes may be produced with an aspirate instead of a
           vocal explosion. Vowels and consonants may be regarded
           as the two poles in the scale of sounds produced by
           gradual approximation of the organ, of speech from the
           most open to the closest positions, the vowel being
           more open, the consonant closer; but there is a
           territory between them where the sounds produced
           partake of the qualities of both.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: ``A consonant is the result of audible friction,
           squeezing, or stopping of the breath in some part of
           the mouth (or occasionally of the throath.) The main
           distinction between vowels and consonants is, that
           while in the former the mouth configuration merely
           modifies the vocalized breath, which is therefore an
           essential element of the vowels, in consonants the
           narrowing or stopping of the oral passage is the
           foundation of the sound, and the state of the glottis
           is something secondary.'' --H. Sweet.
           [1913 Webster]

  Consonant \Con"so*nant\, a. [L. consonans, -antis; p. pr. of
     consonare to sound at the same time, agree; con- + sonare to
     sound: cf. F. consonnant. See Sound to make a noise.]
     1. Having agreement; congruous; consistent; according; --
        usually followed by with or to.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Each one pretends that his opinion . . . is
              consonant to the words there used.    --Bp.
                                                    Beveridge.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              That where much is given there shall be much
              required is a thing consonant with natural equity.
                                                    --Dr. H. More.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Having like sounds.
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              Consonant words and syllables.        --Howell.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Mus.) harmonizing together; accordant; as, consonant
        tones, consonant chords.
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     4. Of or pertaining to consonants; made up of, or containing
        many, consonants.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              No Russian whose dissonant consonant name
              Almost shatters to fragments the trumpet of fame.
                                                    --T. Moore.
        [1913 Webster]

  Open \O"pen\, a. [AS. open; akin to D. open, OS. opan, G. offan,
     Icel. opinn, Sw. ["o]ppen, Dan. aaben, and perh. to E. up.
     Cf. Up, and Ope.]
     1. Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording
        unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing
        passage; not locked up or covered over; -- applied to
        passageways; as, an open door, window, road, etc.; also,
        to inclosed structures or objects; as, open houses, boxes,
        baskets, bottles, etc.; also, to means of communication or
        approach by water or land; as, an open harbor or
        roadstead.
  
              Through the gate, Wide open and unquarded, Satan
              passed.                               --Milton
  
     Note: Also, figuratively, used of the ways of communication
           of the mind, as by the senses; ready to hear, see,
           etc.; as, to keep one's eyes and ears open.
  
                 His ears are open unto their cry.  --Ps. xxxiv.
                                                    15.
  
     2. Free to be used, enjoyed, visited, or the like; not
        private; public; unrestricted in use; as, an open library,
        museum, court, or other assembly; liable to the approach,
        trespass, or attack of any one; unprotected; exposed.
  
              If Demetrius . . . have a matter against any man,
              the law is open and there are deputies. --Acts xix.
                                                    33.
  
              The service that I truly did his life, Hath left me
              open to all injuries.                 --Shak.
  
     3. Free or cleared of obstruction to progress or to view;
        accessible; as, an open tract; the open sea.
  
     4. Not drawn together, closed, or contracted; extended;
        expanded; as, an open hand; open arms; an open flower; an
        open prospect.
  
              Each, with open arms, embraced her chosen knight.
                                                    --Dryden.
  
     5. Hence:
        (a) Without reserve or false pretense; sincere;
            characterized by sincerity; unfeigned; frank; also,
            generous; liberal; bounteous; -- applied to personal
            appearance, or character, and to the expression of
            thought and feeling, etc.
  
                  With aspect open, shall erect his head. --Pope.
  
                  The Moor is of a free and open nature. --Shak.
  
                  The French are always open, familiar, and
                  talkative.                        --Addison.
        (b) Not concealed or secret; not hidden or disguised;
            exposed to view or to knowledge; revealed; apparent;
            as, open schemes or plans; open shame or guilt.
  
                  His thefts are too open.          --Shak.
  
                  That I may find him, and with secret gaze Or
                  open admiration him behold.       --Milton.
  
     6. Not of a quality to prevent communication, as by closing
        water ways, blocking roads, etc.; hence, not frosty or
        inclement; mild; -- used of the weather or the climate;
        as, an open season; an open winter. --Bacon.
  
     7. Not settled or adjusted; not decided or determined; not
        closed or withdrawn from consideration; as, an open
        account; an open question; to keep an offer or opportunity
        open.
  
     8. Free; disengaged; unappropriated; as, to keep a day open
        for any purpose; to be open for an engagement.
  
     9. (Phon.)
        (a) Uttered with a relatively wide opening of the
            articulating organs; -- said of vowels; as, the ["a]n
            f["a]r is open as compared with the [=a] in s[=a]y.
        (b) Uttered, as a consonant, with the oral passage simply
            narrowed without closure, as in uttering s.
  
     10. (Mus.)
         (a) Not closed or stopped with the finger; -- said of the
             string of an instrument, as of a violin, when it is
             allowed to vibrate throughout its whole length.
         (b) Produced by an open string; as, an open tone.
  
     The open air, the air out of doors.
  
     Open chain. (Chem.) See Closed chain, under Chain.
  
     Open circuit (Elec.), a conducting circuit which is
        incomplete, or interrupted at some point; -- opposed to an
        uninterrupted, or closed circuit.
  
     Open communion, communion in the Lord's supper not
        restricted to persons who have been baptized by immersion.
        Cf. Close communion, under Close, a.
  
     Open diapason (Mus.), a certain stop in an organ, in which
        the pipes or tubes are formed like the mouthpiece of a
        flageolet at the end where the wind enters, and are open
        at the other end.
  
     Open flank (Fort.), the part of the flank covered by the
        orillon.
  
     Open-front furnace (Metal.), a blast furnace having a
        forehearth.
  
     Open harmony (Mus.), harmony the tones of which are widely
        dispersed, or separated by wide intervals.
  
     Open hawse (Naut.), a hawse in which the cables are
        parallel or slightly divergent. Cf. Foul hawse, under
        Hawse.
  
     Open hearth (Metal.), the shallow hearth of a reverberatory
        furnace.
  
     Open-hearth furnace, a reverberatory furnace; esp., a kind
        of reverberatory furnace in which the fuel is gas, used in
        manufacturing steel.
  
     Open-hearth process (Steel Manuf.), a process by which
        melted cast iron is converted into steel by the addition
        of wrought iron, or iron ore and manganese, and by
        exposure to heat in an open-hearth furnace; -- also called
        the Siemens-Martin process, from the inventors.
  
     Open-hearth steel, steel made by an open-hearth process; --
        also called Siemens-Martin steel.
  
     Open newel. (Arch.) See Hollow newel, under Hollow.
  
     Open pipe (Mus.), a pipe open at the top. It has a pitch
        about an octave higher than a closed pipe of the same
        length.
  
     Open-timber roof (Arch.), a roof of which the
        constructional parts, together with the under side of the
        covering, or its lining, are treated ornamentally, and
        left to form the ceiling of an apartment below, as in a
        church, a public hall, and the like.
  
     Open vowel or consonant. See Open, a., 9.
  
     Note: Open is used in many compounds, most of which are
           self-explaining; as, open-breasted, open-minded.
  
     Syn: Unclosed; uncovered; unprotected; exposed; plain;
          apparent; obvious; evident; public; unreserved; frank;
          sincere; undissembling; artless. See Candid, and
          Ingenuous.

  Consonant \Con"so*nant\, n. [L. consonans, -antis.]
     An articulate sound which in utterance is usually combined
     and sounded with an open sound called a vowel; a member of
     the spoken alphabet other than a vowel; also, a letter or
     character representing such a sound.
  
     Note: Consonants are divided into various classes, as mutes,
           spirants, sibilants, nasals, semivowels, etc. All of
           them are sounds uttered through a closer position of
           the organs than that of a vowel proper, although the
           most open of them, as the semivowels and nasals, are
           capable of being used as if vowels, and forming
           syllables with other closer consonants, as in the
           English feeble (-b'l), taken (-k'n). All the consonants
           excepting the mutes may be indefinitely, prolonged in
           utterance without the help of a vowel, and even the
           mutes may be produced with an aspirate instead of a
           vocal explosion. Vowels and consonants may be regarded
           as the two poles in the scale of sounds produced by
           gradual approximation of the organ, of speech from the
           most open to the closest positions, the vowel being
           more open, the consonant closer; but there is a
           territory between them where the sounds produced
           partake of the qualities of both.
  
     Note: ``A consonant is the result of audible friction,
           squeezing, or stopping of the breath in some part of
           the mouth (or occasionally of the throath.) The main
           distinction between vowels and consonants is, that
           while in the former the mouth configuration merely
           modifies the vocalized breath, which is therefore an
           essential element of the vowels, in consonants the
           narrowing or stopping of the oral passage is the
           foundation of the sound, and the state of the glottis
           is something secondary.'' --H. Sweet.

  Consonant \Con"so*nant\, a. [L. consonans, -antis; p. pr. of
     consonare to sound at the same time, agree; con- + sonare to
     sound: cf. F. consonnant. See Sound to make a noise.]
     1. Having agreement; congruous; consistent; according; --
        usually followed by with or to.
  
              Each one pretends that his opinion . . . is
              consonant to the words there used.    --Bp.
                                                    Beveridge.
  
              That where much is given there shall be much
              required is a thing consonant with natural equity.
                                                    --Dr. H. More.
  
     2. Having like sounds.
  
              Consonant words and syllables.        --Howell.
  
     3. (Mus.) harmonizing together; accordant; as, consonant
        tones, consonant chords.
  
     4. Of or pertaining to consonants; made up of, or containing
        many, consonants.
  
              No Russian whose dissonant consonant name Almost
              shatters to fragments the trumpet of fame. --T.
                                                    Moore.

  consonant
       adj 1: involving or characterized by harmony [syn: harmonic, harmonical,
               harmonized, harmonised, in harmony]
       2: in keeping; "salaries agreeable with current trends"; "plans
          conformable with your wishes"; "expressed views concordant
          with his background" [syn: accordant, agreeable, conformable,
           concordant]
       n 1: a speech sound that is not a vowel [ant: vowel]
       2: a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant

  consonant
     Αγγλικά n.
     σύμφωνο (φθόγγος, γράμμα)

  consonant
     Catalan a.
     (l en consonant)
     Catalan n.
     (l en consonant)
     French a.
     (l en consonant)
     Romanian a.
     (l en consonant)

  consonant
     a.
     consistent, harmonious, compatible, or in agreement
     n.
     1 (lb en phonetics) 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.
     2 A letter representing the sound of a consonant.

  consonant
     Catalan a.
     (l en consonant)
     Catalan n.
     (l en consonant)
     French a.
     (l en consonant)
     Romanian a.
     (l en consonant)

  consonant
     Catalan a.
     (l en consonant)
     Catalan n.
     (l en consonant)
     French a.
     (l en consonant)

  consonant
     Englanti a.
     1 sopusointuinen, sointuva
     2 (''musiikki'') konsonoiva
     Englanti n.
     (''fonetiikka'') konsonantti, kerake

  consonant
     Engelska n.
     konsonant

  Consonant /kˈɒnsənənt/
  الحرف الساكن

  consonant //ˈkɑn.sə.nənt// //ˈkɑns.nənt// //ˈkɒn.sə.nənt// 
  съзвучен, хармоничен
  Characterized by harmony or agreement

  consonant //ˈkɑn.sə.nənt// //ˈkɑns.nənt// //ˈkɒn.sə.nənt// 
  съгла́сна 2.
  letter
   3.
  sound

  consonant /kˈɒnsənənt/ 
  souhláska

  consonant /kˈɒnsənənt/
  konsonantní

  consonant /kˈɒnsənənt/ 
  cytsain 

  consonant /kˈɒnsənənt/
  Konsonant , Mitlaut 
   see: consonants, double consonant
  

  consonant //ˈkɑn.sə.nənt// //ˈkɑns.nənt// //ˈkɒn.sə.nənt// 
  sointuva, sopusointuinen
  Characterized by harmony or agreement

  consonant //ˈkɑn.sə.nənt// //ˈkɑns.nənt// //ˈkɒn.sə.nənt// 
  konsonantti, kerake
  sound

  consonant /kˈɒnsənənt/
  konsonant, suglasnik

  consonant /kˈɒnsənənt/
  1. mássalhangzó
  2. összhangzatos
  3. konszonáns
  4. megegyezô
  5. összhangban levô
  6. egybecsengô
  7. harmonizáló
  8. együtthangzó

  consonant //ˈkɑn.sə.nənt// //ˈkɑns.nənt// //ˈkɒn.sə.nənt// 
  huruf mati, konsonan 2.
  letter
   3.
  sound

  consonant //ˈkɑn.sə.nənt// //ˈkɑns.nənt// //ˈkɒn.sə.nənt// 
  1. 子音字
  letter
  2. 子音
  sound

  consonant //ˈkɑn.sə.nənt// //ˈkɑns.nənt// //ˈkɒn.sə.nənt// 
  konsonant
  sound

  consonant /ˈkɒnsənənt/ 
    spółgłoska

  consonant /kˈɒnsənənt/ 
  consoante

  consonant //ˈkɑn.sə.nənt// //ˈkɑns.nənt// //ˈkɒn.sə.nənt// 
  konsonant, medljud, konsonantljud
  sound

  consonant /kˈɒnsənənt/
  1. konson, sessiz harf
  2. to veya with ile uygun
  3. aynı seslere sahip olan, ahenkli.

  consonant /kɔ̃sonˈɑ̃/
  kenson

  consonant /kɔ̃.sɔ.nɑ̃/ 
  съзвучен

  consonant /kɔ̃.sɔ.nɑ̃/ 
  konsonant

  consonant /kˌɔnsoːnˈɑnt/ 
  съгла́сна

  consonant /kɔnsonɑnt/
  Konsonant , Mitlauter

  consonant /kˌɔnsoːnˈɑnt/ 
  σύμφωνο

  consonant /kɔnsonɑnt/
  consonant

  consonant /kˌɔnsoːnˈɑnt/ 
  konsonan

  consonant /kˌɔnsoːnˈɑnt/ 
  consonans

  consonant /kˌɔnsoːnˈɑnt/ 
  priebalsis

  consonant /kˌɔnsoːnˈɑnt/ 
  consonante

  consonant 
  consonant  

  consonant 
  consonant  

  consonant 
  consonant  

  
/ˈkɑnsənənt/

  235 Moby Thesaurus words for "consonant":
     accented, accordant, according, affirmative, agreeable, agreeing,
     alike, allophone, alveolar, answerable, apical, apico-alveolar,
     apico-dental, articulated, articulation, aspiration, assimilated,
     assimilation, assonant, assonantal, at one, attuned, automatic,
     back, balanced, barytone, bilabial, blended, blending, broad,
     cacuminal, central, cerebral, check, checked, chiming, close,
     coexistent, coexisting, coherent, coincident, coinciding,
     commensurate, compatible, concordant, concurrent, concurring,
     conformable, congenial, congruent, congruous, consentaneous,
     consentient, consistent, consonantal, constant, continuant,
     continuous, cooperating, cooperative, correspondent, corresponding,
     dental, diphthong, dissimilated, dissimilation, dorsal, en rapport,
     epenthetic vowel, equable, equal, equivalent, even, explosive,
     flat, front, glide, glossal, glottal, glottalization, guttural,
     hard, harmonic, harmonious, harmonizing, heavy, high, homogeneous,
     homophonic, immutable, in accord, in agreement, in chorus,
     in concert, in concord, in rapport, in sync, in synchronization,
     in tune, in unison, inaccordance, inharmony, intonated, invariable,
     labial, labialization, labiodental, labiovelar, laryngeal, lateral,
     lax, level, light, like-minded, lingual, liquid, low,
     manner of articulation, measured, mechanical, methodic, mid,
     modification, monodic, monolithic, monophonic, monophthong,
     monophthongal, morphophoneme, mute, muted, narrow, nasal,
     nasalized, occlusive, of a piece, of like mind, of one mind,
     on all fours, open, ordered, orderly, oxytone, palatal,
     palatalized, parasitic vowel, peak, persistent, pharyngeal,
     pharyngealization, pharyngealized, phone, phoneme, phonemic,
     phonetic, phonic, pitch, pitched, plosive, positive, posttonic,
     proportionate, prothetic vowel, reconcilable, regular, retroflex,
     robotlike, rounded, segmental phoneme, self-consistent, semivowel,
     smooth, soft, sonant, sonority, speech sound, stable, steadfast,
     steady, stop, stopped, stressed, strong, surd, syllabic,
     syllabic nucleus, syllabic peak, syllable, symbiotic, sympathetic,
     symphonious, synchronized, synchronous, systematic, tense, thick,
     throaty, tonal, tonic, transition sound, triphthong, tuned, twangy,
     unaccented, unanimous, unbroken, unchangeable, unchanged,
     unchanging, undeviating, undifferentiated, undiversified, uniform,
     unisonant, unisonous, unrounded, unruffled, unstressed, unvaried,
     unvarying, velar, vibrant, vocable, vocalic, vocoid, voice, voiced,
     voiced sound, voiceless, voiceless sound, voicing, vowel,
     vowellike, weak, wide
  
  

  n. 子音;
  a. 一致的,调和的;

     n. 辅音
     a. 一致的,调和的