consonance (redirected from consonances)

con·so·nance  (kns-nns)

n.

1. Agreement; harmony; accord.

2.

a. Close correspondence of sounds.

b. The repetition of consonants or of a consonant pattern, especially at the ends of words, as in blank and think or strong and string.

3. Music A simultaneous combination of sounds not requiring resolution to another combination of sounds for finality of effect and conventionally regarded as harmonious or pleasing.

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consonance [ˈkɒnsənəns], consonancy

n pl -nances, -nancies

1. agreement, harmony, or accord

2. (Literature / Poetry) Prosody similarity between consonants, but not between vowels, as between the s and t sounds in sweet silent thought Compare assonance [1]

3. (Music / Classical Music) Music

a.  an aesthetically pleasing sensation or perception associated with the interval of the octave, the perfect fourth and fifth, the major and minor third and sixth, and chords based on these intervals Compare dissonance [3]

b.  an interval or chord producing this sensation

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consonance, consonancy

agreement, consistency.

See also: Agreement

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	consonance - the repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words consonant rhyme rhyme, rime - correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds)
	2.	consonance - the property of sounding harmonious harmoniousness harmony - an agreeable sound property

Translations

consonance [ˈkɒnsənəns] N → consonancia f

consonance

n (Mus) → Konsonanz f; (Poet) → Konsonantengleichklang m; (fig, of agreement, ideas) → Einklang m, → Harmonie f; (= consistency) → Übereinstimmung f