Meanings
plural assonances
- countableuncountablehuman sciencesThe repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds (though with different consonants), usually in literature or poetry.
"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.'"
1938, T.H. White, chapter 12, in The Sword in the Stone, CollinsSynonyms: vowel rhyme
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds (though with different consonants), usually in literature or poetry.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian съзвучие
- съзвучие (săzvučie)repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds
Catalan assonància
- assonànciarepetition of similar or identical vowel sounds
Chinese Mandarin 類韻 /类韵, 半諧音 /半谐音
- 類韻 /类韵 (lèiyùn)repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds
- 半諧音 /半谐音 (bànxiéyīn)repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds
- 准押韻 (zhǔnyāyùn)repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds
- 元韻 /元韵 (yuányùn)repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds
Czech asonance
- asonancerepetition of similar or identical vowel sounds
Dutch assonantie
- assonantierepetition of similar or identical vowel sounds
Finnish assonanssi
- assonanssirepetition of similar or identical vowel sounds
French assonance
- assonancerepetition of similar or identical vowel sounds
Indonesian asonansi, purwakanti
- asonansirepetition of similar or identical vowel sounds
- purwakantirepetition of similar or identical vowel sounds
Irish amas
- amasrepetition of similar or identical vowel sounds
Japanese 類韻, 半諧音
- 類韻 (ruiin)repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds
- 半諧音 (hankaion)repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds
Malay asonansi, runtun vokal
- asonansirepetition of similar or identical vowel sounds
- runtun vokalrepetition of similar or identical vowel sounds
Māori oropuare tārua, oropuarerua
- oropuare tāruarepetition of similar or identical vowel sounds
- oropuareruarepetition of similar or identical vowel sounds
Polish asonans, asonacja
- asonansrepetition of similar or identical vowel sounds
- asonacjarepetition of similar or identical vowel sounds
- asonancjarepetition of similar or identical vowel sounds
Russian ассона́нс
- ассона́нс (assonáns)repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds
Spanish asonancia
- asonanciarepetition of similar or identical vowel sounds
Swedish assonans
- assonansrepetition of similar or identical vowel sounds
Tagalog parihunig
- parihunigrepetition of similar or identical vowel sounds
Turkish asonans
- asonansrepetition of similar or identical vowel sounds
Welsh cyseinedd
- cyseineddrepetition of similar or identical vowel sounds
Cite this entry
assonance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assonance
“assonance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assonance. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “assonance,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assonance.
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