Meaning Of The Word Aspirate
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Aspirate Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Aspirate?
aspirate in American English
to begin (a word) or precede (a sonorous speech sound) with a puff of breath resulting in the sound (h) adjective: pronounced with or accompanied by aspiration; aspirated noun: a speech sound having as an obvious concomitant an audible puff of breath, as initial stop consonants or initial h-sounds transitive verb: 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 unaspirated aspirate in British English noun: a stop pronounced with an audible release of breath verb: to articulate (a stop) with some force, so that breath escapes with audible friction as the stop is released |
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