Aspirated

Verb

Définitions

1.Verbsimple past and past participle of aspirate

2.AdjectivePronounced with an audible breath, a brief expulsion of air at the end of the sound.

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

3.AdjectiveIn 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."

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