consonance

consonance
consonance early 15c., "agreement among persons," from O.Fr. consonance (12c.) "consonance, rhyme," from L. consonantia "harmony, agreement," from consonantem (nom. consonans) (see CONSONANT (Cf. consonant)). Meaning "correspondence of sounds" is from 1580s.

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  • consonance — [ kɔ̃sɔnɑ̃s ] n. f. • consonancie v. 1150 sens 2; lat. consonantia, de sonus « son » 1 ♦ Mus. Ensemble de sons (accord) considéré dans la musique occidentale (et traditionnellement) comme agréable à l oreille (opposé à dissonance). Consonances… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Consonance — Con so*nance, Consonancy Con so*nan*cy, n. [L. consonantia: cf. F. consonnance.] 1. (Mus.) Accord or agreement of sounds produced simultaneously, as a note with its third, fifth, and eighth. [1913 Webster] 2. Agreement or congruity; harmony;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • consonance — I noun accord, accordance, agreement, assent, assonance, attunement, chorus, coherence, coincidence, compatibility, compliance, concert, conciliation, concord, concordance, concurrence, conformity, consensus, consistency, continuity,… …   Law dictionary

  • consonance — фр. [консона/нс], англ. [ко/нсэнэнс] consonanza лат. [консона/нциа] consonanza ит. [консона/нца] созвучие, согласие, консонанс …   Словарь иностранных музыкальных терминов

  • consonance — *harmony, concord, accord Analogous words: agreement, conformity, correspondence (see corresponding verbs at AGREE): concurrence, coincidence (see corresponding verbs at AGREE): compatibility, congruity (see corresponding adjectives at CONSONANT) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • consonance — [n] agreement, consistency accord, chime, chorus, concert, concord, conformity, congruence, congruity, correspondence, harmony, suitableness, tune; concept 664 Ant. disagreement, discord, dissonance, incompatibility, incongruence, incongruity,… …   New thesaurus

  • consonance — ► NOUN 1) agreement or compatibility. 2) the recurrence of similar sounding consonants, especially in prosody …   English terms dictionary

  • consonance — [kän′sə nəns] n. [ME & OFr < L consonantia < consonans, prp. of consonare, to sound together with < com , with + sonare < sonus,SOUND1] 1. harmony or agreement of elements or parts; accord 2. a pleasing combination of simultaneous… …   English World dictionary

  • Consonance — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. La consonnance ou, depuis 1990, la consonance est une affinité de sons. En musique, la consonance (étymologiquement « sonner avec ») désigne la… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • consonance — n. in consonance with * * * [ kɒnsənəns] in consonance with …   Combinatory dictionary

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