Example sentences for: consonant

How can you use “consonant” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • rhotic accent Non-rhotic accents drop the /r/ when it is followed by a consonant sound, as in part.

  • But none of that explains why we're not using, say, Y2M--which simply replaces the consonant representing the Greek term for thousand with the one for "mille," its Latin counterpart.

  • Probably an elided mix up of sexy, sex bomb, and sex symbol (/sek/sy/m/ bon/) because l is not a final consonant in Thai and if encountered in a loanword becomes n (or in this case m as bomb is also a loanword).

  • So word processor in Japan become wa-pro, personal computer becomes masu-komi , and commercial is unceremoniously shorn of its troublesome consonant clusters and shrunk to a terse monosyllable: cm.

  • The second explanation is possible, though numerous Spanish words end in a consonant and I don't know how the two explanations could be verified.


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