"assonant" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more assonant [comparative], most assonant [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin assonāns, present participle of assonō. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|assonāns}} Latin assonāns Head templates: {{en-adj}} assonant (comparative more assonant, superlative most assonant)
  1. (prosody) Characterized by assonance; having successive similar vowel sounds. Categories (topical): Prosody Derived forms: assonantal, assonantly Translations (characterized by assonance): съзвучен (sǎzvučen) (Bulgarian), yhteensointuva (Finnish), asonansowy (Polish), asonant (Romanian), asonante (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-assonant-en-adj-9snsd-EF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 81 19 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, prosody, sciences

Noun

Forms: assonants [plural]
Etymology: From Latin assonāns, present participle of assonō. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|assonāns}} Latin assonāns Head templates: {{en-noun}} assonant (plural assonants)
  1. (prosody) A sound that is assonant. Categories (topical): Prosody
    Sense id: en-assonant-en-noun-vjgLgz-I Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, prosody, sciences

Inflected forms

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