"consonance" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: consonances [plural]
Etymology: From Old French, from Latin consonantia. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fro|-}} Old French, {{uder|en|la|-}} Latin, {{lena}}, {{m|la|consonantia}} consonantia Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} consonance (countable and uncountable, plural consonances)
  1. (prosody) The repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels as in assonance. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Prosody Translations (the repetition of consonant sounds): съзвучие (sǎzvučie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), consonance [feminine] (French), konszonánc (Hungarian), mássalhangzós asszonánc (Hungarian), orokatirua (Maori), orokati tārua (Maori), созву́чие (sozvúčije) [neuter] (Russian), консона́нс (konsonáns) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-consonance-en-noun-rr8C7UBI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 79 21 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 72 28 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, prosody, sciences Disambiguation of 'the repetition of consonant sounds': 93 7
  2. (chiefly music) Harmony; agreement; lack of discordance. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Music Translations (music harmony; agreement): съгласие (sǎglasie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), хармония (harmonija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), consonance [feminine] (French), összhang (Hungarian), összhangzat (Hungarian), consonanza [feminine] (Italian), consonância [feminine] (Portuguese), созву́чие (sozvúčije) [neuter] (Russian), консона́нс (konsonáns) [masculine] (Russian), согла́сие (soglásije) [neuter] (Russian), гармо́ния (garmónija) [feminine] (Russian), konsonans (Swedish), samklang [common-gender] (Swedish), співзву́ччя (spivzvúččja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-consonance-en-noun-FlXTfATq Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'music harmony; agreement': 2 98

Inflected forms

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