preaspiration

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English

Etymology

pre- +‎ aspiration

Pronunciation

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Noun

preaspiration (plural preaspirations)

  1. (phonetics) a period of voiceless breathing that precedes some consonants in some languages -- a sort of mirror-image of aspiration

Translations

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