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Asturian
Noun
consonante f (plural consonantes)
- A consonant.
Derived terms
Corsican
Pronunciation
Noun
consonante f (plural consonanti)
- Alternative form of cunsunante
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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kon.soˈnan.te/
- Rhymes: -ante
- Hyphenation: con‧so‧nàn‧te
Etymology 1
From Latin cōnsonantem (“resounding”; “agreeing”). By surface analysis, con- (“with”, “together”) + s(u)on(o) (“sound”) + -ante (“-ant”, adjectival suffix).
Adjective
consonante (plural consonanti)
- consonant, accordant
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin cōnsonāns (“consonant”).
Noun
consonante f (plural consonanti)
- consonant
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Anagrams
Latin
Noun
cōnsonante
- ablative singular of cōnsonāns
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /konsoˈnante/
- Rhymes: -ante
- Syllabification: con‧so‧nan‧te
Adjective
consonante m or f (masculine and feminine plural consonantes)
- consonant
Noun
consonante f (plural consonantes)
- consonant
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