consonantism

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consonantism

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From consonant + -ism.

noun consonantisms

  1. countable, uncountable The consonant system of a language or dialect.
  2. countable, uncountable The consonants, sequence of consonants, or the quality peculiar to the consonants of a given word or group of words. Still unexplained are geminate *-ll- in type 4, and the aberrant consonantism in type 3, where the *-r- found in the other forms appears to have been replaced with *-θ-

Similar: consonanthood

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Similar: consonanthood

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noun consonant sounds of a language

DeutschKonsonantismus
Italianoconsonantismo

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@misc{consonantism_2026,
  title = {consonantism},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/consonantism},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}