Aspirate

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1. Verb

To pronounce with a breathing, an aspirate, or an h sound; as, we aspirate the words horse and house; to aspirate a vowel or a liquid consonant.

2. Noun

A sound consisting of, or characterized by, a breath like the sound of h; the breathing h or a character representing such a sound; an aspirated sound.

3. Noun

A mark of aspiration (/) used in Greek; the asper, or rough breathing.

4. Noun

An elementary sound produced by the breath alone; a surd, or nonvocal consonant; as, f, th in thin, etc.

5. Adjective

Alt. of Aspirated

6. Noun

a consonant pronounced with aspiration
Vocabulary classified under Linguistics

7. Noun

a speech sound having as an obvious concomitant an audible puff of breath, as initial stop consonants or initial /h/ sounds.; "The ‘p’ in English ‘pot’ is an aspirate, but the ‘p’ in ‘spot’ is not."
Vocabulary classified under Linguistics
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