asonant

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English

Etymology

From a- +‎ sonant.

Pronunciation

Adjective

asonant (not comparable)

  1. Not sounding or sounded; silent.
    The first d in "Wednesday" and the s in "aisle" are asonant.
    • 1829, Rhyme the Leading Principle of Latin Versification, page 15:
      Thus reponens is an asonant rhyme to deprœlian in the following stanza.

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French assonant.

Adjective

asonant m or n (feminine singular asonantă, masculine plural asonanți, feminine and neuter plural asonante)

  1. (linguistics) assonant

Declension