assonant

Variant of assonance

noun

  1. likeness of sound, as in a series of words or syllables
  2. Prosody repetition of a vowel sound in stressed syllables in which the consonant sounds are unlike (Ex.: late, make)

Origin: Fr < L assonans, prp. of assonare, to sound in answer < ad-, to + sonare, sound, v.

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