/
ˈas(ə)nəns/
n.
the resemblance of sound between syllables in nearby words arising from the rhyming of stressed vowels (e.g.
sonnet,
porridge), and also from the use of identical consonants with different vowels (e.g.
killed,
cold,
culled).
Derivative
- assonant adj.
- assonate
/-neɪt/
v.
Etymology
C18: from Fr., from L. assonare ‘respond to’.
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