aspirate
The puff of air accompanying the release of a plosive or fricative consonantThe puff of air accompanying the release of a plosive or fricative consonant.
» In Finnish, you don't aspirate the consonants k, p, and t.
В финском согласные k, p, t произносятся без придыхания.
Meaning
4 sensesThe puff of air accompanying the release of a plosive or fricative consonant.
A sound produced by such a puff of air.
Aspiration, Behauchung
придыха́тельный согла́сныйpridyxátelʹnyj soglásnyj, придыха́тельный звукpridyxátelʹnyj zvuk, придыха́ниеpridyxánije
A mark of aspiration (ʽ) used in Greek; the asper, or rough breathing.
a. 1742, Richard Bentley, letter to Dr. Mead But we must correct then twenty authors who have it in the compound ἀπηθεῖν and ἀπήθημα ; and not (as the aspirate would require it) ἀφηθεῖν and αφήθημα
A sample of fluid, tissue, or other substance that is withdrawn via aspiration (usually through a hollow needle) from a body cavity, cyst, or tumor.
- a consonant pronounced with aspiration
- a speech sound having as an obvious concomitant an audible puff of breath, as initial stop consonants or initial /h/ sounds.
Examples
2 sentencesIn Finnish, you don't aspirate the consonants k, p, and t.
ruВ финском согласные k, p, t произносятся без придыхания. — Wezel
In my idiolect of English, I do not aspirate plosives, and the first part of the word "Australia" rhymes with "cow."
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 1
Origin
Learned borrowing from Latin aspīrātus.Learned borrowing from Latin aspīrātus.
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