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assonant — assonant, ante [ asɔnɑ̃, ɑ̃t ] adj. • 1721; lat. assonans, p. prés. de adsonare → assonance ♦ Qui produit une assonance. Voyelle assonante. Rimes assonantes. ● assonant, assonante adjectif Qui produit une assonance. assonant, ante adj. Qui forme… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Assonant — As so*nant, a. [L. assonans, p. pr. of assonare to sound to, to correspond to in sound; ad + sonare to sound, sonus sound: cf. F. assonant. See {Sound}.] 1. Having a resemblance of sounds. [1913 Webster] 2. (Pros.) Pertaining to the peculiar… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
assonant — index concurrent (united) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
assonant — assonant, ante (a sso nan, nan t ) adj. Qui a une assonance. Vers assonants, rimes assonantes. ÉTYMOLOGIE Adsonans, de ad, à, et sonare, sonner … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
assonant — adjective 1. having the same sound (especially the same vowel sound) occurring in successive stressed syllables note the assonant words and syllables in tilting at windmills • Similar to: ↑same • Derivationally related forms: ↑assonate,… … Useful english dictionary
assonant — adjective or noun see assonance … New Collegiate Dictionary
ASSONANT — ANTE. adj. Qui produit une assonance. Il ne s emploie guère qu au pluriel. Mots assonants. Il faut éviter les terminaisons assonantes. Syllabes assonantes … Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)
assonant — See assonance. * * * … Universalium
assonant — adjective Characterized by assonance; having successive similar vowel sounds … Wiktionary
assonant — Synonyms and related words: accordant, according, alliteral, alliterating, alliterative, assonantal, attuned, belabored, blended, blending, chanting, chiming, cliche ridden, concordant, consonant, dingdong, harmonic, harmonious, harmonizing,… … Moby Thesaurus
