aspiration
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aspiration (plural aspirations)
- The act of aspiring or ardently desiring; an ardent wish or desire, chiefly after what is elevated or spiritual.
- The action of aspirating.
- (phonetics) A burst of air that follows the release of some consonants.
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action of aspirating
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burst of air that follows the release of some consonants
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[edit] External links
- aspiration in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- aspiration in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
[edit] French
[edit] Noun
aspiration f. (plural aspirations)
