LekhoriLekhoriA 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.
A letter representing the sound of a consonant.
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.
Consistent, harmonious, compatible, or in agreement.
Each one pretends that his opinion […] is consonant to the words there used.
Having the same sound.
1645-1650, James Howell, Epistolae Ho-Elianae consonant words and syllables
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 ...
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Harmonizing together; accordant.
consonant tones; consonant chords