consonance
French, noun/kɔ̃.sɔ.nɑ̃s/
consonance is spelled C-O-N-S-O-N-A-N-C-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 42,227th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Consonance is a French feminine noun meaning “consonance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Accord de deux sons entendus simultanément et dont l’union plaît à l’oreille”.
What does consonance mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineconsonance
- 2
femininethe oral impression, usually referring to languages
un accent à consonance espagnole
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Accord de deux sons entendus simultanément et dont l’union plaît à l’oreille. 2. Uniformité, ressemblance de son dans la terminaison des mots. 3. Ensemble de sons produisant une certaine impression. 4. Accord de vibration, résonance entre deux êtres, idées ou objets.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of consonance
- consonances plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce consonance?
- /kɔ̃.sɔ.nɑ̃s/
- \kɔ̃.sɔ.nɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to consonance
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is consonance in French?
consonance appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).