Topic: MUSIC
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| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Language: | Old French |
| Origin: | Latin, present participle of consonare 'to sound together, agree', from com- ( COM-) + sonare 'to sound' |
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consonant2
1 to match or exist well with something else : 
This policy is scarcely consonant with the government's declared aims.
be consonant with something
formal
This policy is scarcely consonant with the government's declared aims.2APM technical relating to a combination of musical notes that sounds pleasant [≠ dissonant]
—consonance noun [uncountable]
