consonant
'kɒnsәnәntnoun, adjective
B11,809th most heard wordIn 68 of 3788 videos (2%)heard 202 timeslast on Oct 28, 2026
- n. a speech sound that is not a vowel
- n. a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant
- adj. involving or characterized by harmony
Across the 3,788 English YouTube videos LingoDew uses to teach English, “consonant” is heard 202 times in 68 videos from 14 channels, the 1,809th most heard word. Unofficial CEFR word lists put it at B1.
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- 3:50Yes, you can pronounce it after consonants and at the beginning of words like rest, crooked, recycle, grasp.是的，你可以在辅音之后和单词开头读 R 音，比如 rest、crooked、recycle、grasp。Say These 200 DAILY WORDS in a British Accent! (MODERN RP)
- 4:18But if a word finishes with a consonant sound, and the next word begins with a vowel sound, that consonant sound joins the next word.但如果一个词以辅音结尾，而下一个词以元音开头，那个辅音就会连到下一个词上。Perfect English! - Speak faster and more naturally with connected speech
- 1:56So in the combination 'I am', we have the I dipthong, the A vowel, the M consonant, I am.所以在 'I am' 这个组合中，有 I 双元音、A 元音、M 辅音，I am。FAST ENGLISH—Everything You Need To Speak Fast English Like a Native Speaker
- 0:35So in this case, when there is a vowel sound before the T and a consonant sound after the T, then it's perfectly acceptable to pronounce the T in a glottal form.所以在这种情况下，当 T 前面是元音，后面是辅音时，用喉塞音的方式发 T 是完全可以接受的。British Accent Series 2 - The Glottal T
- 10:08Often we drop the first consonant sound and pronounce like he, him, and her.通常我们会省略第一个辅音，比如 he、him 和 her 这样发音。Learn English with PODCASTS — How Taylor Swift Met Her Husband
How it's said
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- Forms you'll hear
- consonants
- Often heard with
- consonant sound62×stop consonant10×two consonant9×consonant in7×consonant cluster6×
Related words
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soundsaundn. the particular auditory effect produced by a given causevowel'vauәln. a speech sound made with the vocal tract openpronounceprә'naunsv. speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain wayRɑ:(r)n. the 18th letter of the Roman alphabetTti:n. the 20th letter of the Roman alphabetpasta'pæstәn. a dish that contains pasta as its main ingredient
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