aspiration

English

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Etymology 1

aspire +‎ -ation

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˌæspəˈreɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

aspiration (plural aspirations)

1. The act of aspiring or ardently desiring; an ardent wish or desire, chiefly after what is elevated or spiritual.

Derived terms

• aspirational
• aspirationalism
• aspirationalist

Translations

hope or ambition

Arabic: أمل (ar) ('ámal) m. Bulgarian: стремеж (bg), амбиция (bg) Chinese: Mandarin: 希望 (cmn) (xīwàng) Finnish: pyrkimys (fi) French: aspiration (fr)

Japanese: 希望 (ja) (きぼう, kibō) Kurdish: ئاوات (ku) Russian: стремление (ru) (stremlénije) n., надежда (ru) (nadéžda) f., амбиция (ru) (ambícija) f. Spanish: aspiración (es)

Etymology 2

aspirate +‎ -ion

Noun

aspiration (plural aspirations)

1. The action of aspirating.
2. (phonetics) A burst of air that follows the release of some consonants.

Derived terms

• aspirational
• preaspiration

Translations

action of aspirating

French: aspiration (fr) Japanese: 吸引 (ja) (kyūin)

Romanian: aspirație (ro), aspirare (ro), inspirație (ro) Spanish: aspiración (es) f.

burst of air that follows the release of some consonants

Arabic: زفر (ar) (zafr) m. Bulgarian: придихание (bg) (pridihánie) n. Chinese: Mandarin: 送氣 (cmn), 送气 (cmn) (sòngqì) Finnish: aspiraatio

French: aspiration (fr) German: Aspiration (de) f. Japanese: 気音 (ja) (きおん, kion) Russian: придыхание (ru) (pridyxánije) n., аспирация (ru) (aspirácija) f. Welsh: llaes (cy)

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Icelandic: útsog (is) n. Ido: deziro, aspiro

External links

• aspiration in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• aspiration in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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French

Noun

aspiration f. (plural aspirations)

1. aspiration