aspiration

See also: Aspiration

English

Etymology 1

aspire +‎ -ation

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌæspəˈɹeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

aspiration (countable and uncountable, plural aspirations)

1. The act of aspiring or ardently desiring; an ardent wish or desire, chiefly after what is elevated or spiritual (with common adjunct adpositions being to and of).

   Riley has an aspiration to become a doctor.

   Morgan has an aspiration of winning the game.

Derived terms

• aspirational
• aspirationalism
• aspirationalist

Translations

hope or ambition

• Arabic: أَمَل‎ m (ʾamal)
• Bulgarian: стремеж (bg) (stremež), амбиция (bg) (ambicija)
• Catalan: aspiració (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 希望 (zh) (xīwàng)

• Finnish: pyrkimys
• French: aspiration (fr)
• Georgian: სწრაფვა (sc̣rapva), მისწრაფება (misc̣rapeba)
• German: Verlangen (de) n, Sehnsucht (de) f; Aspiration (de) f
• Greek: φιλοδοξία (el) f (filodoxía), ιδανικό (el) n (idanikó)

• Gujarati: ^{(please verify)} આકાન્ક્ષા (ākānkṣā)
• Irish: ardaidhm f, ardmhian f, barrmhian f
• Japanese: 希望 (ja) (きぼう, kibō)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ئاوات‎ (ku)

• Maori: matanā, tāpara, tūmanakotanga, matawara, koronga, awata, maingo, pīrangi
• Portuguese: aspiração (pt) f
• Russian: стремле́ние (ru) n (stremlénije), наде́жда (ru) f (nadéžda), амби́ция (ru) f (ambícija)
• Scottish Gaelic: dèidh f
• Spanish: aspiración (es)

Etymology 2

aspirate +‎ -ion or a borrowing from Latin aspiratio, aspirationem.

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

• Catalan: aspiració (ca) f
• French: aspiration (fr)
• Japanese: 吸引 (ja) (kyūin)

• Portuguese: aspiração (pt) f
• Romanian: aspirație (ro), aspirare (ro), inspirație (ro)
• Spanish: aspiración (es) f

burst of air that follows the release of some consonants

• Arabic: زَفْر‎ m (zafr)
• Bulgarian: придихание n (pridihánie)
• Catalan: aspiració (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 送氣 (zh), 送气 (zh) (sòngqì)

• Finnish: aspiraatio (fi)
• French: aspiration (fr)

• German: Behauchung (de) f; Aspiration (de) f
• Icelandic: áblásning f
• Irish: análú m
• Japanese: 気音 (きおん, kion)
• Portuguese: aspiração (pt) f
• Russian: придыха́ние (ru) n (pridyxánije), аспира́ция (ru) f (aspirácija)
• Welsh: llaes (cy)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Icelandic: útsog n

• Ido: ^{(please verify)} deziro, ^{(please verify)} aspiro

Further reading

• 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

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin aspiratio, aspirationem.

Noun

aspiration f (plural aspirations)

1. aspiration

Related terms

• aspirer

Further reading

• “aspiration” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).