Meanings
- uncountablehuman sciencesThe property of being a consonant.
The physiological identity of syllabic consonants on the other hand, their consonanthood, is left unrecorded.
2012, Tobias Scheer, What is CVCV and why should it be?, page 3001 more example
However, since timing tiers lack the information of consonanthood and vowelhood in other syllable theories, consonanthood and vowelhood must be defined in different ways depending on phonological theories.
1997, Hyeon-Kwan Cho, A Phonological Analysis of Consonantal Assimilations and Consonant-vowel Interactions, page 159Synonyms: consonantism
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe property of being a consonant.
Origin
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