assonant

English

Etymology

From Latin assonāns, present participle of assonō.

Adjective

assonant (comparative more assonant, superlative most assonant)

1. (prosody) Characterized by assonance; having successive similar vowel sounds.

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with asonant.

Derived terms

• assonantal
• assonantly

Translations

characterized by assonance

• Bulgarian: съзвучен (bg) (sǎzvučen)
• Finnish: yhteensointuva
• Polish: asonansowy
• Romanian: asonant (ro)
• Spanish: asonante (es)

Noun

assonant (plural assonants)

1. (prosody) A sound that is assonant.

Anagrams

• nanosats

French

Pronunciation

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Participle

assonant

1. present participle of assoner

Further reading

• “assonant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.