consonanthood

English

Etymology

From consonant +‎ -hood.

Noun

consonanthood (uncountable)

1. (linguistics, phonology) The property of being a consonant
   • 1997, Hyeon-Kwan Cho, A Phonological Analysis of Consonantal Assimilations and Consonant-vowel Interactions, page 159:

     However, since timing tiers lack the information of consonanthood and vowelhood in other syllable theories, consonanthood and vowelhood must be defined in different ways depending on phonological theories.

   • 2012, Tobias Scheer, What is CVCV and why should it be?, page 300:

     The physiological identity of syllabic consonants on the other hand, their consonanthood, is left unrecorded.

Synonyms

• consonantism