CONSONANCE

PRONUNCIATION: (KON-suh-nuhns)

MEANING: noun:
1. Agreement or accord.
2. A combination of sounds pleasing to the ear.
3. The repetition of consonant sounds, especially at the ends of words, such as st in the phrase first and last.

ETYMOLOGY:
Via French, from Latin con- (with) + sonare (to sound), from sonus (sound). Ultimately from the Indo-European root swen- (to sound), which also gave us sound, sonic, sonnet, sonata, and unison. Earliest documented use: 1430.

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CONSONANCE - all the letters but A E I O and U (the "identity" transformation)

COINSONANCE - random noises that happen to sound nice together

RONSONANCE - the click made by an old cigarette lighter

CONSONACE - that little squeak at the poker table made by a pair of bullets in the hole as you gently open them into view