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Definition: Assonant |
AssonantAdjective1. Having the same sound (especially vowel sound) occurring in successive stressed syllables; "note the assonant words and syllables in `tilting at windmills'". 2. Having the same vowel sound occurring with different consonants in successive words or stressed syllables. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Assonant \As"so*nant\, adjective. [Latin expression assonans, present participle of assonare to sound to, to correspond to in sound; ad sonare to sound, sonus sound: compare to the French expression assonant. See Sound.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: Assonant |
| English words defined with "assonant": Assonantal. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "assonant": Assonance. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Assonant" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (assonant). |
| Language | Translations for "assonant"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | që ka harmoni. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مقفى (rhymed), مسجوع. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | асонант. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | asonanèní. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | assonant. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | anklingend. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ομοιοφώνοσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | hasonlóan hangzó. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | assonante. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | assonantay assonante. (various references) asonant. (various references) созвучный (consonant, harmonious). (various references) asonantan, asonant. (various references) asonante. (various references) yarım kafiyeli, yarım kafiye (assonance). (various references) співзвучний (accordant, concordant, consonant, harmonious). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "assonant": assonantal, assonants. (additional references) | |
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"Assonant" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ascona, assiatnt, assonantic, sasanian. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "assonant" (pronounced 'As"so*nant'): Absonant, Agglutinant, Alternant, Altisonant, Asonant, Benignant, Conglutinant, Conterminant, Culminant, fulminant, Germinant, illuminant, indignant, Lenocinant, Luminant, Mendinant, Nonmalignant, Nonruminant, Nonsonant, Oppugnant, Ordonnant, Originant, Pennant, Predominant, Pregnant, Preregnant, Rayonnant, regnant, Remenant, repugnant, Restagnant, Rhonchisonant, Self-examinant, Self-repugnant, sonant, stagnant, Subalternant, subdominant, Superdominant, Unconsonant, Unisonant, Vaginant, Vernant. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-n-n-o-s-s-t" | |
-1 letter: sonants, sonatas. | |
-2 letters: santos, sonant, sonata. | |
-3 letters: annas, anoas, antas, naans, nanas, nonas, oasts, santo, snots, stoas. | |
-4 letters: anas, anna, anoa, anon, ansa, anta, ants, naan, nana, nans, naos, nona, nota, oast, oats, ossa, sans, snot, sons, sots, stoa, tans, taos, tass, tons, toss. | |
-5 letters: aas, ana, ant, ass, nan, nos, not, oat, ons, sat. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-n-n-o-s-s-t" | |
+1 letter: assonants, sonatinas. | |
+2 letters: assonantal, nanoteslas, santolinas. | |
+3 letters: antagonisms, antagonists, assentation, assignation, constantans, sanitations, sensational, stagnations. | |
+4 letters: amazonstones, anastomosing, anthracnoses, antifashions, antonomasias, assentations, assignations, fascinations, nationalises, nationalisms, nationalists, nonabstracts, nonpartisans, rationalness, transactions, translations, tyrannosaurs. | |
+5 letters: assassination, contrabassoon, desalinations, insanitations, installations, instantaneous, instaurations, nasalizations, nonassociated, nonbroadcasts, onomasticians, organisations, plastocyanins, salinizations, sanitizations, sensationally, transfusional, transpersonal, transudations, tyrannosaurus, unsensational, urbanisations. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 73 73 6F 6E 61 6E 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- ... ... --- -. .- -. - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01110011 01110011 01101111 01101110 01100001 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A s s o n a n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0073 0073 006F 006E 0061 006E 0074 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3585858180678086 |
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