Consonance — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words

the property of sounding harmonious

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kɹˈæɡᵻdli/

🇬🇧British English

/kˈɒnsənəns/

🇮🇳Indian English

/kˈɒnsənəns/

3 syllables Say it as /kɹˈæɡᵻdli/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

harmoniousness consonant rhyme

Word Forms

consonant	adjective	involving or characterized by harmony
consonate	verb	sound in sympathy
harmonious	adjective	musically pleasing

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Konsonanz

die Wiederholung von Konsonanten (oder Konsonantenmustern), insbesondere am Ende von Wörtern

🇪🇸Spanish

consonancia

la repetición de consonantes (o patrones de consonantes), especialmente al final de las palabras

🇮🇹Italian

consonanza

la ripetizione di consonanti (o schemi consonantici) soprattutto alla fine delle parole

🇳🇱Dutch

consonantie

de herhaling van medeklinkers (of medeklinkerpatronen), vooral aan het einde van woorden

🇵🇹Portuguese

consonância

a repetição de consoantes (ou padrões consonantais), especialmente no final das palavras

🇷🇺Russian

созвучие

повторение согласных (или моделей согласных), особенно на концах слов

India

🇮🇳Hindi

अनुरूप

व्यंजन (या व्यंजन पैटर्न) की पुनरावृत्ति, विशेष रूप से शब्दों के अंत में

🇧🇩Bengali

ব্যঞ্জনা

বিশেষ করে শব্দের শেষে ব্যঞ্জনবর্ণের (বা ব্যঞ্জনবর্ণের ধরণ) পুনরাবৃত্তি

🇮🇳Tamil

மெய்

மெய்யெழுத்துக்களின் (அல்லது மெய் வடிவங்கள்) குறிப்பாக வார்த்தைகளின் முனைகளில் மீண்டும் கூறுதல்

🇮🇳Telugu

హల్లు

హల్లుల పునరావృతం (లేదా హల్లుల నమూనాలు) ముఖ్యంగా పదాల చివర్లలో

🇮🇳Marathi

व्यंजन

व्यंजनांची पुनरावृत्ती (किंवा व्यंजन नमुने) विशेषतः शब्दांच्या शेवटी

🇮🇳Gujarati

વ્યંજન

વ્યંજન (અથવા વ્યંજન પેટર્ન) નું પુનરાવર્તન ખાસ કરીને શબ્દોના છેડે

🇮🇳Kannada

ವ್ಯಂಜನ

ವ್ಯಂಜನಗಳ ಪುನರಾವರ್ತನೆ (ಅಥವಾ ವ್ಯಂಜನ ಮಾದರಿಗಳು) ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿ ಪದಗಳ ತುದಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

വ്യഞ്ജനം

വ്യഞ്ജനാക്ഷരങ്ങളുടെ (അല്ലെങ്കിൽ വ്യഞ്ജനാക്ഷര പാറ്റേണുകൾ) പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് വാക്കുകളുടെ അറ്റത്ത്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਵਿਅੰਜਨ

ਵਿਅੰਜਨ (ਜਾਂ ਵਿਅੰਜਨ ਪੈਟਰਨ) ਦੀ ਦੁਹਰਾਓ ਖਾਸ ਕਰਕੇ ਸ਼ਬਦਾਂ ਦੇ ਅੰਤ ਵਿੱਚ

🇵🇰Urdu

ہم آہنگی

تلفظ (یا کنسوننٹ پیٹرن) کی تکرار خاص طور پر الفاظ کے آخر میں

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

和谐

辅音（或辅音模式）的重复，尤其是在词尾的重复

🇯🇵Japanese

協和音

特に単語の終わりにおける子音（または子音パターン）の繰り返し

🇰🇷Korean

공명

특히 단어 끝에서 자음(또는 자음 패턴)의 반복

🇻🇳Vietnamese

phụ âm

sự lặp lại của phụ âm (hoặc mẫu phụ âm) đặc biệt là ở cuối từ

🇹🇭Thai

ความสอดคล้องกัน

การซ้ำพยัญชนะ (หรือรูปแบบพยัญชนะ) โดยเฉพาะที่ส่วนท้ายของคำ

🇮🇩Indonesian

harmoni

pengulangan konsonan (atau pola konsonan) terutama di akhir kata

🇵🇭Filipino

katinig

ang pag-uulit ng mga consonant (o consonant patterns) lalo na sa dulo ng mga salita

🇲🇾Malay

konsonan

pengulangan konsonan (atau pola konsonan) terutamanya di hujung perkataan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

انسجام

تكرار الحروف الساكنة (أو أنماط الحروف الساكنة) خاصة في نهايات الكلمات

🇮🇷Persian

همخوانی

تکرار صامت ها (یا الگوهای همخوان) به ویژه در انتهای کلمات

🇹🇷Turkish

ünsüzlük

özellikle kelimelerin sonlarında ünsüzlerin (veya ünsüz kalıplarının) tekrarı

🇮🇱Hebrew

הַצלָלָה עָרֵבָה

החזרה על עיצורים (או תבניות עיצורים) במיוחד בקצות המילים

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