consonant

C12059
concept

A consonant is a speech sound produced by obstructing or constricting the airflow in the vocal tract, typically functioning as a non-syllabic element in syllables.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
consonant canonical 6
abjad consonant 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: consonant
Generated description
A consonant is a speech sound produced by obstructing or constricting the airflow in the vocal tract, typically functioning as a non-syllabic element in syllables.

Instances (7)

Instance Via concept surface
Syriac Pe abjad consonant
Arabic Lām
HEBREW LETTER AYIN
surface form: Hebrew letter Ayin
Hebrew letter Aleph
surface form: Aleph
Mem
Yod
Lamed