consonantal

or con·so·nan·tic

[ kon-suh-nan-tl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

consonantal

/ ˌkɒnsəˈnæntəl /

relating to, functioning as, or constituting a consonant, such as the semivowel w in English work
consisting of or characterized by consonants
a consonantal cluster

First recorded in 1785–95; consonant + -al ¹

Again and again that melancholy ululation, with never a consonantal sound to break it, went forth into the night.

Only the latter is a true illustration of consonantal modification as a grammatical process.

A subsidiary but by no means unimportant grammatical process is that of internal vocalic or consonantal change.

Consonantal change as a functional process is probably far less common than vocalic modifications, but it is not exactly rare.

There are four main types of articulation generally recognized within the consonantal group of sounds.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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