assonance
[ as-uh-nuh ns ]
/ ˈæs ə nəns /
noun
resemblance of sounds.
Also called vowel rhyme. Prosody. rhyme in which the same vowel sounds are used with different consonants in the stressed syllables of the rhyming words, as in penitent and reticence.
partial agreement or correspondence.
RELATED WORDS
chant, inflection, refrain, theme, music, lyric, unison, consonance, run, strain, aria, song, concord, chime, air, euphony, lay, measure, carillon, resonance
Nearby words
- associative learning,
- associative neuron,
- associative storage,
- assoil,
- assoluta,
- assort,
- assortative mating,
- assorted,
- assortment,
- assr
Origin of assonance
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assonance
/ (ˈæsənəns) /
noun
the use of the same vowel sound with different consonants or the same consonant with different vowels in successive words or stressed syllables, as in a line of verse. Examples are time and light or mystery and mastery
partial correspondence; rough similarity
Word Origin for assonance
C18: from French, from Latin assonāre to sound, from sonāre to sound
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assonance
1727, "resemblance of sounds between words," from French assonance, from assonant, from Latin assonantem (nominative assonans), present participle of assonare "to resound, respond to," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + sonare "to sound" (see sonata). Properly, in prosody, "rhyming of accented vowels, but not consonants" (1823).
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