From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Linguistics, Letters & punctuationconsonantcon‧so‧nant1 /ˈkɒnsənənt $ ˈkɑːn-/●くろまる●くろまる○しろまる noun [countable]1SLa speech sound made by partly or completely stopping the flow of air through your mouth → vowel2SLAa letter that represents a consonant sound. The letters ‘a’, ‘e’, ‘i’, ‘o’, ‘u’, and sometimes ‘y’ represent vowels, and all the other letters are consonants.Examples from the Corpusconsonant• If the language has long and short vowels and consonants, this will affect the rhythm of the language.• It is also good articulation and crisp, clearconsonants.• Some phonologists maintain that a syllabicconsonant is really a case of a vowel and a consonant that have become combined.• I couldn't get my tongue around the consonants.• The outline should include phonemic contrastive charts of the consonants and vowels.• The consonants are grouped together phonetically, depending on the kind of sound they make.• The second group causes most of the difficulties in spelling with consonants.Related topics: Musicconsonantconsonant2 adjective1 →be consonant with something2APM technicalrelating to a combination of musicalnotes that sounds pleasantOPP dissonant —consonance noun [uncountable]Examples from the Corpusconsonant• However, these interests can not conflict too directly, but must appear to be consonant.• Dissonance is most powerful in a generally consonantcontext - hence the need to be extremely cautious in its use.• And resolution has a musical overtone that I like as well: the progression of a dissonant chord to a consonant one.• Others, then, will have to judge whether my viewsexpressed here are consonant with that tradition.• On the face of it, this approach is consonant with the requirements of the Act.• Their sensoryperception as well as their motorresponses - their behaviour - are thus totally consonant with their bodily form and function.Originconsonant2(1300-1400)Old FrenchLatin, present participle of consonare"to sound together, agree", from com- ( → COM-) + sonare"to sound"