Definition of unaspirated in English:
unaspirated
adjectiveʌnˈaspəreɪtɪdˌənˈæspəˌreɪdəd
Phonetics (of a sound) not aspirated.
Example sentencesExamples
- For instance, aspirated consonants are written with a small superscript h after the symbol for the corresponding unaspirated consonant.
- These sounds also have, as instances, aspirated allophones, which occur in onset position of stressed syllables, and unaspirated allophones, which occur after s.
- For the Mandarin speaker, both [ dz ] and [ ts ] fall into the unaspirated category and so do not contrast.
- Unaspirated sounds seem to be voiced, aspirated ones voiceless.
- And some languages have three categories: negative (voiced), small (voiceless unaspirated), and large (voiceless aspirated).
Definition of unaspirated in US English:
unaspirated
adjectiveˌənˈæspəˌreɪdədˌənˈaspəˌrādəd
Phonetics (of a sound) not aspirated.
Example sentencesExamples
- For the Mandarin speaker, both [ dz ] and [ ts ] fall into the unaspirated category and so do not contrast.
- These sounds also have, as instances, aspirated allophones, which occur in onset position of stressed syllables, and unaspirated allophones, which occur after s.
- For instance, aspirated consonants are written with a small superscript h after the symbol for the corresponding unaspirated consonant.
- And some languages have three categories: negative (voiced), small (voiceless unaspirated), and large (voiceless aspirated).
- Unaspirated sounds seem to be voiced, aspirated ones voiceless.