asonant

English

Etymology

a- +‎ sonant

Pronunciation

• enPR: ā-sōnʹənt, IPA^(key): /eɪ̯ˈsoʊ̯n.ənt/
• Rhymes: -əʊnənt

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.

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with assonant.

References

• “asonant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• nanosat

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

Declension of asonant

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	asonant		asonantă	asonanți	asonante
	definite	asonantul		asonanta	asonanții	asonantele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	asonant		asonante	asonanți	asonante
	definite	asonantului		asonantei	asonanților	asonantelor