Assonanceとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received Pronunciation, General American, General Australian, New Zealand) IPA: /ˈæsənəns/
• (New Zealand) IPA: /ˈɛsɘnɘns/

名詞

assonance (countable and uncountable, plural assonances)

1. (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

   • 1938, T.H. White, chapter 12, in The Sword in the Stone, Collins:

     "You should try to speak without assonances" said Merlyn. "For instance, 'The beer is never clear round here, dear' is unfortunate, even as an assonance.'"

関連する語

• assonant

参考

• dissonance

Further reading

• assonance on Wikipedia.Wikipedia