assonant

English

Etymology

Latin assonāns, present participle of assonō.

Adjective

assonant (comparative more assonant, superlative most assonant)

(prosody) Characterized by assonance; having successive similar vowel sounds.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with asonant.

Derived terms

Translations

characterized by assonance

Bulgarian: съзвучен (bg) (sǎzvučen)
Finnish: yhteensointuva
Polish: asonansowy
Romanian: asonant (ro)
Spanish: asonante (es)

Anagrams

nanosats

French

Pronunciation

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Participle

assonant

present participle of assoner

Further reading

“assonant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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