consonantal
/ˌkɒnsəˈnɒntəl/kahn-suh-NAHN-tuhl
/ˌkɑnsəˈnɑntəl/kahn-suh-NAHN-tuhl
Meaningrelating to sounding together
Common meaning: relating to consonant
- conwith, together; thoroughly
- sonsound, noise; to ring outLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1730 · scan
- antadjective ending: being
- aladjective ending: relating to
‘with, together’ + ‘sound, noise’ → consonantal
Journey through time
- Latinsonus; sonō‘sound, noise’
- Frenchconstruire
- Englishconsonant‘any speech sound other than a vowel’
- Englishformed in English from consonantconsonantal‘relating to consonant’ · today
Sources & notes
Inferred source: no dictionary we use has an entry for this exact word. Its history is worked out from closely related, listed words in the same family, and we are trusting that link, so bear that in mind. Inferred meaning: relating to sounding together. It can be inferred from any of: consonant.
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from consonant + -al (inferred: this exact word is not listed in our dictionaries).
Roots
- sonus; sonō Latin “sound, noise; to ring out”
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