aspirated

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adjective

Pronounced with an audible breath, a brief expulsion of air at the end of the sound.

“The h in haine is aspirated, so one says la haine, not l'haine.”

Similar
aspirate
Opposite
unaspirated
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Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of aspirate
adjectiveaspirated (comparative more aspirated, superlative most aspirated)

comparative more aspirated · superlative most aspirated

  1. human sciencesPronounced with an audible breath, a brief expulsion of air at the end of the sound.

    In English, word-initial single voiceless consonants are aspirated, so that pit is pronounced [pʰɪt] but spit is pronounced [spɪt].

    Synonyms: aspirate · Antonyms: unaspirated

  2. Frenchhuman sciencesIn French, describing an initial letter h which, though silent, does not permit liaison or elision with the preceding word.

    The h in haine is aspirated, so one says la haine, not l'haine.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivePronounced with an audible breath, a brief expulsion of air at the end of the sound.

Similar
aspirate
Opposite
unaspirated
Also see
aspirate

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 送氣 /送气
  • 送氣 /送气 (sòngqì)pronounced with an audible breath
Finnish aspiroitu
  • aspiroitupronounced with an audible breath
French aspiré
  • aspirépronounced with an audible breath
German aspiriert, behaucht
  • aspiriertpronounced with an audible breath
  • behauchtpronounced with an audible breath
Greek δασυνόμενος
  • δασυνόμενος (dasynómenos)pronounced with an audible breath
Icelandic fráblásinn
  • fráblásinnpronounced with an audible breath
Irish análach
  • análachpronounced with an audible breath
Italian aspirato
  • aspiratopronounced with an audible breath
Korean 기식성
  • 기식성 (gisikseong)pronounced with an audible breath
Portuguese aspirado
  • aspiradopronounced with an audible breath
Russian придыха́тельный, аспири́рованный
  • придыха́тельный (pridyxátelʹnyj)pronounced with an audible breath
  • аспири́рованный (aspirírovannyj)pronounced with an audible breath
Slovak aspirovaný
  • aspirovanýpronounced with an audible breath
Spanish aspirado
  • aspiradopronounced with an audible breath
Swedish aspirerad
  • aspireradpronounced with an audible breath
Ukrainian придиховий, аспірований
  • придиховий (prydyxovyj)pronounced with an audible breath
  • аспірований (aspirovanyj)pronounced with an audible breath
Vietnamese bật hơi
  • bật hơipronounced with an audible breath

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

disparate
Cite this entry
APA

aspirated. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aspirated

MLA

“aspirated.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aspirated. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aspirated,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aspirated.

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