assonance
See also: assonancé
English
editEtymology
editFrom French assonance, from Latin assonāre; by surface analysis, a- + son- + -ance.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation, General American, General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈæsənəns/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈɛsɘnɘns/
Noun
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assonance (countable and uncountable, plural assonances)
- (prosody) The repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds (though with different consonants), usually in literature or poetry.
- Synonym: vowel rhyme
- Hypernyms: rhyme; concord
- Coordinate terms: consonance, consonant rhyme, pararhyme; alliteration
- 1938, T.H. White, chapter 12, in The Sword in the Stone, Collins:
- "You should try to speak without assonances" said Merlyn. "For instance, 'The beer is never clear round here, dear' is unfortunate, even as an assonance.'"
Related terms
editTranslations
editrepetition of similar or identical vowel sounds
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editFurther reading
editFrench
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file) - Homophones: assonancent, assonances
- Rhymes: -ɑ̃s
Noun
editassonance f (plural assonances)
Verb
editassonance
- inflection of assonancer:
Further reading
edit- “assonance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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