English > consonant: 4 senses > noun 1, communication| Meaning | A speech sound that is not a vowel. |
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| Narrower | alveolar consonant, dental consonant, alveolar, dental | A consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge |
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| aspirate | A consonant pronounced with aspiration |
| geminate | A doubled or long consonant |
| guttural, guttural consonant, pharyngeal, pharyngeal consonant | A consonant articulated in the back of the mouth or throat |
| labial consonant, labial | A consonant whose articulation involves movement of the lips |
| labiodental consonant, labiodental | A consonant whose articulation involves the lips and teeth |
| lingual | A consonant that is produced with the tongue and other speech organs |
| liquid | A frictionless continuant that is not a nasal consonant (especially 'l' and 'r') |
| nasal consonant, nasal | A consonant produced through the nose with the mouth closed |
| obstruent | A consonant that is produced with a partial or complete blockage of the airflow from the lungs through the nose or mouth |
| surd, voiceless consonant | A consonant produced without sound from the vocal cords |
| velar, velar consonant | A consonant produced with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate |
| Broader | phone, speech sound, sound | (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language |
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| Opposite | vowel, vowel sound | A speech sound made with the vocal tract open |
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| Spanish | consonante, sonido consonante, sonido consonántico |
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| Catalan | consonant, so consonàntic, so consonant |
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| Adjectives | consonantal | being or marked by or containing or functioning as a consonant |
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| consonantal | relating to or having the nature of a consonant |
