assonance

== English == === Etymology === From French assonance, from Latin assonāre; by surface analysis, a- +‎ son- +‎ -ance. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American, General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈæsənəns/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈɛsɘnɘns/ === Noun === assonance (countable and uncountable, plural assonances) (prosody) The repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds (though with different consonants), usually in literature or poetry. Synonym: vowel rhyme Hypernyms: rhyme; concord Coordinate terms: consonance, consonant rhyme, pararhyme; alliteration ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === Further reading === assonance on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish asonancia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.sɔ.nɑ̃s/ Homophones: assonancent, assonances Rhymes: -ɑ̃s === Noun === assonance f (plural assonances) assonance Antonym: dissonance Near-synonym: consonance === Verb === assonance inflection of assonancer: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “assonance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012