consonant
/ˈkɑn.sə.nənt/ noun B1- A sound that results from the passage of air through restrictions of the oral cavity; any sound that is not the nucleus of a syllable, the nucleus generally being a vowel.
- A letter representing the sound of a consonant.
Plural consonants
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Additionally, Webster reversed the final consonants in words ending in re, altering them to reflect their actual phonetic pronunciation.
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