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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesassonanza
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /assoˈnantsa/
"L'assonanza imperfetta lega i versi della strofa."
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In poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthopng in non-rhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible.
"The poem creates a melancholic mood through the heavy use of assonance in its open vowel sounds." - 2
Resemblance of sound, especially vowel sound, between words.
"The phonetic assonance between the two phrases makes them easily confused by listeners."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the French word assonance, stemming from the Latin assonantia, combining ad- (to) and sonare (to sound). It entered the English language in the late 19th century as a technical term in prosody and phonetics to describe the resemblance of sound between syllables.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Assonance" is said worldwide
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assonance
Transliteration: /a.sɔ.nɑ̃s/
"L'utilisation de l'assonance renforce la musicalité du poème."
Assonanz
Transliteration: /asɔˈnants/
"Die Assonanz ist ein beliebtes Stilmittel in der modernen Lyrik."
assonanza
Transliteration: /assoˈnantsa/
"L'assonanza imperfetta lega i versi della strofa."
asonancia
Transliteration: /asoˈnantθja/
"La rima asonancia es muy común en la poesía popular española."
assonância
Transliteration: /ɐsoˈnɐ̃sjɐ/
"A assonância repete sons vocálicos para criar efeito estético."
स्वरसाम्य
Transliteration: swarsaamy
"कविता में स्वरसाम्य का सुंदर प्रयोग किया गया है।"
类韵
Transliteration: lèiyùn
"这首诗大量运用了类韵来增强音乐感。"
모음두운
Transliteration: mo-eum-du-un
"시에서 모음두운은 운율을 형성하는 중요한 요소입니다."
複韻
Transliteration: fukuin
"その詩は母音の響きによる複韻が特徴的である。"
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