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{
"forms": [
{
"form": "consonant",
"tags": [
"singular"
]
},
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"tags": [
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}
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],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The letters \"t\", \"s\", \"f\", and \"g\" are all consonants."
},
{
"text": "Your mouth is more closed when you say a consonant than when you say a vowel."
}
],
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"A consonant is a sound or letter that is not a vowel. Consonants usually do not last long and are less loud than vowels. In a syllable (a piece of a word) a vowel will be in the middle and consonants might come before or after."
],
"id": "simple-consonant-en-noun-KEyBKXBF",
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"enpr": "kŏn'sənənt",
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"UK"
]
},
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"ipa": "/ˈkɒn.sə.nənt/",
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"UK"
]
},
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"enpr": "kän's(ə)nənt",
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"US"
]
},
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"ipa": "/ˈkɑn.sə.nənt/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"enpr": "kŏn'sənənt"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkɒnsənənt/"
},
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"sampa": "/\"kQns@n@nt/"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-consonant.ogg",
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"US"
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}
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"text": "The letters \"t\", \"s\", \"f\", and \"g\" are all consonants."
},
{
"text": "Your mouth is more closed when you say a consonant than when you say a vowel."
}
],
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"A consonant is a sound or letter that is not a vowel. Consonants usually do not last long and are less loud than vowels. In a syllable (a piece of a word) a vowel will be in the middle and consonants might come before or after."
],
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},
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"UK"
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},
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"enpr": "kän's(ə)nənt",
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"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkɑn.sə.nənt/",
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"US"
]
},
{
"enpr": "kŏn'sənənt"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkɒnsənənt/"
},
{
"sampa": "/\"kQns@n@nt/"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-consonant.ogg",
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}
],
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}
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