The Collaborative International Dictionary
Consonantal \Con`so*nan"tal\, a. Of the nature of a consonant; pertaining to consonants.
Wiktionary
a. 1 of, relating to, or functioning as a consonant 2 containing one or more consonants
WordNet
adj. being or marked by or containing or functioning as a consonant; "consonantal sounds"; "a consonantal Hebrew text"; "consonantal alliteration"; "a consonantal cluster" [ant: vocalic]
relating to or having the nature of a consonant
of liquids and nasals [syn: nonsyllabic, nonvocalic] [ant: vocalic]
Usage examples of "consonantal".
The development from bii to bith in Welsh is due to a consonantal strengthening of i which began far back in British.
It remained open during speech, the necessary consonantal blockings being performed by the palate and back of the tongue.
The Egyptians never took the logical (to us) next step of discarding all their logograms, determinatives, and signs for pairs and trios of consonants, and using just their consonantal alphabet.
The writing was no longer an ambiguous syllabary mixed with logograms but an alphabet borrowed from the Phoenician consonantal alphabet and improved by the Greek invention of vowels.