"consonant cluster" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: consonant clusters [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} consonant cluster (plural consonant clusters)
  1. (phonetics) Two or more consonants in succession. Categories (topical): Phonetics Translations (consonant cluster): اِجْتِمَاع السَّاكِنِين (ijtimāʕ as-sākinīn) (Arabic), التَّقَاء السَّاكِنِين (at-taqāʔ as-sākinīn) (Arabic), kontsonante multzo (Basque), grup consonàntic [masculine] (Catalan), 复辅音 (fùfǔyīn) (Chinese Mandarin), konsonantklynge [common-gender] (Danish), medeklinkerstapeling [feminine] (Dutch), medeklinkercluster [masculine] (Dutch), consonantencluster [masculine] (Dutch), kaashäälikuühend (Estonian), konsonanttiyhtymä (Finnish), groupe consonantique [masculine] (French), grupo consonántico [masculine] (Galician), Konsonantenhäufung [feminine] (German), Konsonantencluster [neuter] (German), gugus konsonan (Icelandic), deret konsonan (Indonesian), carn consan [masculine] (Irish), 子音連結 (Japanese), 자음군 (ja'eumgun) (alt: 子音群) (Korean), konsonantkluster (Norwegian), خوشه همخوانی (Persian), zbitka spółgłoskowa [feminine] (Polish), encontro consonantal [masculine] (Portuguese), grup consonantic [neuter] (Romanian), grupo consonántico [masculine] (Spanish), konsonantkluster [neuter] (Swedish), ünsüz kümesi (Turkish), cụm phụ âm (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-consonant_cluster-en-noun-Al553SHw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "consonant cluster",
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "consonant cluster",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "consonant cluster",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "grupo consonántico"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "consonant cluster",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Konsonantenhäufung"
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          "code": "de",
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "consonant cluster",
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "consonant cluster",
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "consonant cluster",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "ja",
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          "sense": "consonant cluster",
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          "sense": "consonant cluster",
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          "sense": "consonant cluster",
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          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "consonant cluster",
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          "sense": "consonant cluster",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "consonant cluster",
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "consonant cluster",
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          "word": "grup consonantic"
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "consonant cluster",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "grupo consonántico"
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          "sense": "consonant cluster",
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "consonant cluster",
          "word": "ünsüz kümesi"
        },
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "consonant cluster",
          "word": "cụm phụ âm"
        }
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      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ijtimāʕ as-sākinīn",
      "sense": "consonant cluster",
      "word": "اِجْتِمَاع السَّاكِنِين"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "at-taqāʔ as-sākinīn",
      "sense": "consonant cluster",
      "word": "التَّقَاء السَّاكِنِين"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "consonant cluster",
      "word": "kontsonante multzo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "consonant cluster",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "grup consonàntic"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fùfǔyīn",
      "sense": "consonant cluster",
      "word": "复辅音"
    },
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "consonant cluster",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "konsonantklynge"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "consonant cluster",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "medeklinkerstapeling"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "consonant cluster",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "consonant cluster",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "consonantencluster"
    },
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "consonant cluster",
      "word": "kaashäälikuühend"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "consonant cluster",
      "word": "konsonanttiyhtymä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "consonant cluster",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "groupe consonantique"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "consonant cluster",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "grupo consonántico"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "consonant cluster",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Konsonantenhäufung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "consonant cluster",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Konsonantencluster"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "consonant cluster",
      "word": "gugus konsonan"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "consonant cluster",
      "word": "deret konsonan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "consonant cluster",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "carn consan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "consonant cluster",
      "word": "子音連結"
    },
    {
      "alt": "子音群",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ja'eumgun",
      "sense": "consonant cluster",
      "word": "자음군"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "consonant cluster",
      "word": "konsonantkluster"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "consonant cluster",
      "word": "خوشه همخوانی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "consonant cluster",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zbitka spółgłoskowa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "consonant cluster",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "encontro consonantal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "consonant cluster",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "grup consonantic"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "consonant cluster",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "grupo consonántico"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "consonant cluster",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "konsonantkluster"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "consonant cluster",
      "word": "ünsüz kümesi"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "consonant cluster",
      "word": "cụm phụ âm"
    }
  ],
  "word": "consonant cluster"
}

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