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assonant

adj, noun — 2 senses

assonant

adj

Etymology From Latin assonāns, present participle of assonō.

1

Human sciences, Linguistics, Phonology, Prosody, Sciences Characterized by assonance; having successive similar vowel sounds.

Derived terms
assonantal, assonantly

assonant

noun

Etymology From Latin assonāns, present participle of assonō.

1

Human sciences, Linguistics, Phonology, Prosody, Sciences A sound that is assonant.

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.