consonant

One entry found for consonant.

Main Entry: ²consonant
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin consonant-, consonans, from present participle of consonare
: one of a class of speech sounds (as \p\, \g\, \n\, \l\, \s\, \r\) characterized by constriction or closure at one or more points in the breath channel; also : a letter representing a consonant -- usually used in English of any letter except a, e, i, o, and u