(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.
Of or relating to consonants; made up of, or containing many, consonants.
Esimerkit
The 19 unquestionable consonants in the English alphabet are B, C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T, V, X, Z.
Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language, he expressed the important words by an initial, a medial, or a final consonant, and made scratches for all the words between; his clerks, however, understood him very well.
Each one pretends that his opinion [...] is consonant to the words there used.
That where much is given shall be much required is a thing consonant with natural equity.
consonant words and syllables
consonant tones; consonant chords
No Russian whose dissonant consonant name / Almost shatters to fragments the trumpet of fame.