aspiration

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English

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Etymology 1

aspire +‎ -ation

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /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 (with common adjunct adpositions being to or 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)
• 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
• Gujarati: ^{(please verify)} આકાન્ક્ષા ‎(ākānkṣā)

• Irish: ardaidhm f, ardmhian f, barrmhian f
• Japanese: 希望 (ja) ‎(きぼう, kibō)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ئاوات (ku)

• 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

• 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)
• 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)

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Translations to be checked

• Icelandic: útsog n
• Ido: ^{(please verify)} deziro, ^{(please verify)} 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

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin aspiratio, aspirationem.

Noun

aspiration f ‎(plural aspirations)

1. aspiration

Related terms

• aspirer

External links

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