aspirated

English

Verb

aspirated

1. simple past and past participle of aspirate

Adjective

aspirated (comparative more aspirated, superlative most aspirated)

1. (phonetics) Pronounced with an audible breath, a brief expulsion of air at the end of the sound.

   Synonym: aspirate

   Antonym: unaspirated

   Coordinate term: preaspirated

   In English, word-initial single voiceless consonants are aspirated, so that pit is pronounced [pʰɪt] but spit is pronounced [spɪt].

2. (French linguistics) In French, describing an initial letter h which, though silent, does not permit liaison or elision with the preceding word.

   The h in haine is aspirated, so one says la haine, not l'haine.

Derived terms

• aspirated h
• microaspirated
• nonaspirated

Translations

pronounced with an audible breath

Armenian: շնչեղ (hy) (šnčʻeġ) Chinese: Mandarin: 送氣 / 送气 (zh) (sòngqì) (aspiration) French: aspiré (fr) Georgian: ფშვინვიერი (pšvinvieri) German: aspiriert (de), behaucht (de) Icelandic: fráblásinn Irish: análach Italian: aspirato (it) Korean: 기식성 (氣息性) (gisikseong) Manx: ennalit Navajo: yoldǫǫh Portuguese: aspirado (pt) Russian: придыха́тельный (ru) (pridyxátelʹnyj), аспири́рованный (ru) (aspirírovannyj) Sanskrit: महाप्राण (sa) (mahāprāṇa) Slovak: aspirovaný (sk) Spanish: aspirado (es) Swedish: aspirerad (sv) Ukrainian: придиховий (prydyxovyj), аспірований (aspirovanyj) Vietnamese: bật hơi

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