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==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
| − | [ | + | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Century 14th century] F. consonance (now consonnance), ad. L. conson{a}ntia harmony, agreement, f. conson{a}nt-em pr. pple.: see CONSONANT and -ANCE.] |
==Definitions== | ==Definitions== | ||
*1. Correspondence of [[sounds]] in [[words]] or syllables; recurrence of the same or like sounds, e.g. in a verse; = Assonance1. | *1. Correspondence of [[sounds]] in [[words]] or syllables; recurrence of the same or like sounds, e.g. in a verse; = Assonance1. | ||
Latest revision as of 23:42, 12 December 2020
Etymology
14th century F. consonance (now consonnance), ad. L. conson{a}ntia harmony, agreement, f. conson{a}nt-em pr. pple.: see CONSONANT and -ANCE.]
Definitions
- 1. Correspondence of sounds in words or syllables; recurrence of the same or like sounds, e.g. in a verse; = Assonance1.
- 2. Agreement of sounds; pleasing combination of sounds.
- 3. Music. The sounding together of two notes in harmony; the quality or fact of being Consonant or concordant. (Opposed to Dissonance.)
- b. A consonant ‘interval’ or combination of two notes, a concord.
- 4. Acoustics. The sounding of a body, e.g. a tuning-fork, in sympathy with the vibration of another body of the same pitch sounded near it.
- 5. Agreement, harmony, concord. (The earliest sense in Eng.)
- b. Phrase - in consonance with.
