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Yes. The word consonant is a Scrabble US word. The word consonant is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is consonant a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word consonant is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

C3O1N1S1O1N1A1N1T1

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Yes. The word consonant is a Words With Friends word. The word consonant is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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9-letter words (1 found)

CONSONANT,

7-letter words (2 found)

CANNONS,CANTONS,

6-letter words (13 found)

ACTONS,CANNON,CANNOT,CANONS,CANTON,CANTOS,CONTOS,COTANS,NOSTOC,OCTANS,ONCOST,SANTON,SONANT,

5-letter words (34 found)

ACTON,ANCON,ASCON,ASCOT,ATOCS,CANNS,CANON,CANSO,CANST,CANTO,CANTS,COAST,COATS,CONNS,CONTO,COONS,COOST,COOTS,COSTA,COTAN,NANOS,NONAS,NOONS,OCTAN,OCTAS,OONTS,SANTO,SCANT,SCOOT,SNOOT,STONN,TACOS,TOCOS,TOONS,

4-letter words (53 found)

ACTS,ANNO,ANNS,ANON,ANTS,ATOC,CANN,CANS,CANT,CAST,CATS,COAT,CONN,CONS,COON,COOS,COOT,COST,COTS,NANO,NANS,NAOS,NATS,NONA,NOON,NOTA,OAST,OATS,OCAS,OCTA,ONOS,ONST,ONTO,OONS,OONT,OOTS,SANT,SCAN,SCAT,SCOT,SNOT,SOCA,SOON,SOOT,STOA,TACO,TANS,TAOS,TOCO,TOCS,TONS,TOON,TOSA,

3-letter words (37 found)

ACT,ANN,ANS,ANT,ATS,CAN,CAT,CON,COO,COS,COT,NAN,NAS,NAT,NON,NOO,NOS,NOT,OAT,OCA,ONO,ONS,OON,OOS,OOT,SAC,SAN,SAT,SOC,SON,SOT,TAN,TAO,TAS,TOC,TON,TOO,

2-letter words (12 found)

AN,AS,AT,NA,NO,ON,OO,OS,SO,ST,TA,TO,

You can make 152 words from consonant according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of consonant

consonant

Etymology

From Middle English consonant or consonaunt, from Old French consonant, from Latin cōnsonāns (“sounding with”), from the prefix con- (“with”) + the present participle sonāns (“sounding”), from sonāre (“to sound”). The Latin is a calque of Ancient Greek σύμφωνον (súmphōnon).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: kŏn'sənənt, IPA(key): /ˈkɒn.sə.nənt/
  • (US) enPR: kän's(ə)nənt, IPA(key): /ˈkɑn.sə.nənt/, /ˈkɑns.nənt/
  • Rhymes: -ɒnsənənt, -ɑnsənənt, -ɑnsnənt

Noun

consonant (plural consonants)

  1. (phonetics) A sound that results from the passage of air through restrictions of the oral cavity; any sound that is not the dominant sound of a syllable, the dominant sound generally being a vowel.
  2. A letter representing the sound of a consonant.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Swahili: konsonanti

Translations

Adjective

consonant (comparative more consonant, superlative most consonant)

  1. consistent, harmonious, compatible, or in agreement
    • 1946, United States Supreme Court, Pennekamp v. Florida 328 U.S. 331,334
      This essential right of the courts to be free of intimidation and coercion was held to be consonant with a recognition that freedom of the press must be allowed in the broadest scope compatible with the supremacy of order.
  2. Having the same sound.
    • 1645-1650, James Howell, Epistolae Ho-Elianae
      consonant words and syllables
  3. (music) Harmonizing together; accordant.
    consonant tones; consonant chords
  4. Of or relating to consonants; made up of, or containing many, consonants.

Quotations

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:consonant.

Antonyms

  • disconsonant
  • dissonant
  • discordant

Related terms

  • consonance
  • consonantal

Translations

See also

  • vowel
  • semivowel
  • Wikipedia article on consonants

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnsonantem. First attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [kun.suˈnan]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [kon.soˈnant]
  • Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

consonant m or f (masculine and feminine plural consonants)

  1. consonant

Noun

consonant f (plural consonants)

  1. consonant

Derived terms

  • consonàntic

References

Further reading

  • “consonant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “consonant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “consonant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Pronunciation

Adjective

consonant (feminine consonante, masculine plural consonants, feminine plural consonantes)

  1. consonant

Further reading

  • “consonant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkon.so.nant/, [ˈkõːs̠ɔnän̪t̪]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkon.so.nant/, [ˈkɔnsonän̪t̪]

Verb

cōnsonant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of cōnsonō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin consonans or French consonant.

Adjective

consonant m or n (feminine singular consonantă, masculine plural consonanți, feminine and neuter plural consonante)

  1. consonant

Declension


Source: wiktionary.org