asonant
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
asonant (not comparable)
- Not sounding or sounded; silent.
- The first d in "Wednesday" and the s in "aisle" are asonant.
- 1829, Rhyme the Leading Principle of Latin Versification, page 15:
- Thus reponens is an asonant rhyme to deprœlian in the following stanza.
Usage notes edit
- Not to be confused with assonant.
References edit
- “asonant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French assonant.
Adjective edit
asonant m or n (feminine singular asonantă, masculine plural asonanți, feminine and neuter plural asonante)
Declension edit
Declension of asonant
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | asonant | asonantă | asonanți | asonante | ||
| definite | asonantul | asonanta | asonanții | asonantele | |||
| genitive/ dative |
indefinite | asonant | asonante | asonanți | asonante | ||
| definite | asonantului | asonantei | asonanților | asonantelor | |||