Aspirate

  • 11aspirate — as|pi|rate1 [ˈæspıreıt] v [T] technical to make the sound of an H when speaking, or to blow out air when pronouncing some ↑consonants aspirate 2 as|pi|rate2 [ˈæspırıt] n technical the sound of the letter H , or the letter itself …

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  • 12aspirate — as|pi|rate1 [ æspı,reıt ] verb transitive 1. ) LINGUISTICS to breathe out air while pronouncing a sound, for example the h in hat 2. ) MEDICAL to remove liquid from inside someone s body aspirate as|pi|rate 2 [ æspırət ] noun count LINGUISTICS a… …

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  • 13aspirate — I. a. 1. Aspirated, toneless, unintonated, atonic, surd, pronounced with a simple breathing, not vocal, without vocality, without tone. 2. Pronounced with the rough breathing. II. n. (Gram.) Rough breathing. III. v. a. Pronounce with an aspirate… …

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  • 14aspirate — См. aspirata …

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  • 15aspirate — v. /as peuh rayt /; n., adj., /as peuhr it/, v., aspirated, aspirating, n., adj. v.t. 1. Phonet. a. to articulate (a speech sound, esp. a stop) so as to produce an audible puff of breath, as with the first t of total, the second t being… …

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  • 16aspirate — Synonyms and related words: breathe, breathe in, coo, draw in, inhale, inspire, maffle, mumble, murmur, mussitate, mutter, sigh, slurp, sniff, sniffle, snuff, snuff in, snuffle, suck, suck in, suckle, susurrate, whisper …

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  • 17aspirate — as·pi·rate || æspÉ™rÉ™t n. pronunciation of the letter h at the beginning of a word (Phonetics) v. pronounce the h sound by breathing out (Phonetics); remove air or fluid (Medicine) …

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  • 18aspirate — parasite …

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  • 19aspirate — verb aspəreɪt 1》 Phonetics pronounce (a sound) with an exhalation of breath.     ↘pronounce the sound of h at the beginning of a word. 2》 Medicine breathe (something) in.     ↘Medicine draw (fluid) by suction from a bodily vessel or cavity. 3》… …

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  • 20aspirate — 1 verb (T) technical to make the sound of an H when speaking, or to blow out air when pronouncing some consonants 2 noun (C) technical the sound of the letter H , or the letter itself …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English