consonantnoun/ˈkɒn.sə.nənt/

• 1

  human-scienceslinguisticsphoneticsA sound that results from the passage of air through restrictions of the oral cavity; any sound that is not the dominant sound of a syllable, the dominant sound generally being a vowel.

• 2

  A letter representing the sound of a consonant.

  • Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language, he expressed the important words by an initial, a medial, or a final consonant, and made scratches for all the words between; his clerks, however, understood him very well.
  • “Tell me, has right anything to do with the law?” I asked. “You have used the wrong initial consonant,” he smiled in answer. “Might?” I queried; and he nodded his head.

consonantadj/ˈkɒn.sə.nənt/

• 1

  Consistent, harmonious, compatible, or in agreement.

  • Each one pretends that his opinion […] is consonant to the words there used.
  • Cheerfulness, even gaiety, is consonant with every species of virtue and practice of religion, and I think it inconsistent only with impiety and vice.
• 2

  Having the same sound.

  • 1645-1650, James Howell, Epistolae Ho-Elianae consonant words and syllables
• 3

  entertainmentlifestylemusicHarmonizing together; accordant.

  • consonant tones; consonant chords
• 4

  Of or relating to consonants; made up of, or containing many, consonants.

  • No Russian whose dissonant consonant name / Almost shatters to fragments the trumpet of fame.