aspiratenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈæs.pɪ.rət/us/ˈæs.pə.rət/specializedthe sound represented in English by the letter "h", in words such as "house"
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- alveolar
- approximant
- articulatory
- aspiration
- assimilation
- clear l
- clipped
- consonant
- nasalization
- onomatopoeia
- palatal
- palato-alveolar
- pharyngeal
- phoneme
- pronounce
- silent letter
- velum
- voiced
- vowel
- weak form
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aspirateverb
uk/ˈæs.pɪ.reɪt/us/ˈæs.pə.reɪt/[ T ] to breathe out air when pronouncing a plosive consonant sound
[ I or T ] US specialized biology to breathe in, or to breathe a substance into your lungs by accident
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- alveolar
- approximant
- articulatory
- aspiration
- assimilation
- clear l
- clipped
- consonant
- nasalization
- onomatopoeia
- palatal
- palato-alveolar
- pharyngeal
- phoneme
- pronounce
- silent letter
- velum
- voiced
- vowel
- weak form
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