assonance

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds (though with different consonants), usually in literature or poetry.

/ˈæsənəns/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-assonance.wav /ˈɛsɘnɘns/

assonance assonances

From French assonance, from Latin assonāre; by surface analysis, a- + son- + -ance.

vowel rhyme

assonant dissonance

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