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Hyphenation for “consonant”

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What is the correct hyphenation for “consonant”? The purpose of hyphenation is to separate a word such as "consonant" because otherwise it would be too long and would no longer fit on one line. This separation not only saves space it improves the visually flow of the text. This word separation exists in most languages. In English, the word separation of “consonant” is based on the speech syllables. The separating syllable in linguistics is therefore the smallest group of sounds in the natural flow of speech. As a separator, the classic hyphen is usually used: „consonant“ ⟶ „con-so-nant“.

Hyphens are occasionally used to denote syllabification, as in syl-la-bi-fi-ca-tion. Various British and North American dictionaries use an interpunct, sometimes called a "middle dot" or "hyphenation point", for this purpose, as in syl·la·bi·fi·ca·tion. This allows the hyphen to be reserved only for places where a hard hyphen is intended (for example, self-con·scious, un·self-con·scious, long-stand·ing). Similarly, hyphens may be used to indicate how a word is being or should be spelled. For example, W-O-R-D spells "word".

Definitions of "consonant"

consonant >> /ˈkɑnsənənt/

Definition: [noun] A basic speech sound in which the breath is at least partly obstructed and which can be combined with a vowel to form a syllable.
Example: fricatives are by far the largest group of English consonants

Definition: [adjective] Denoting or relating to a consonant sound or letter.
Example: a consonant phoneme

Definition: [adjective] In agreement or harmony with.
Example: the findings are consonant with other research

Synonyms of "consonant"

in agreement with | agreeing with | consistent with | in accordance with | accordant with | consilient with | in harmony with | compatible with | congruous with | in tune with | reconcilable with |