aspirate
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aspirate
- /ˈæs.pəɹ.ət/ UK, US
- /ˈæs.pɪ.ɹət/ UK, US
- /ˈæs.pə.ɹɪt/ UK, US
- /ˈæs.pəɹ.eɪt/ UK
- /ˈæs.pɪ.ɹeɪt/ UK
- /ˈæs.pə.ɹeɪt/ US
- /ˈæs.pɪ.ɹeɪt/ US
Rhymes with -æspəɹeɪt
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin aspīrātus.
noun aspirates
- The puff of air accompanying the release of a plosive or fricative consonant.
- A sound produced by such a puff of air. We now come to the so-called aspirate [h], which must be also classified as a fricative consonant.
- A mark of aspiration (ʽ) used in Greek; the asper, or rough breathing. a. 1742, Richard Bentley, letter to Dr. Mead But we must correct then twenty authors who have it in the compound ἀπηθεῖν and ἀπήθημα ; and not (as the aspirate would require it) ἀφηθεῖν and αφήθημα
- A sample of fluid, tissue, or other substance that is withdrawn via aspiration (usually through a hollow needle) from a body cavity, cyst, or tumor.
verb aspirates · aspirating · aspirated
- To remove a liquid or gas by means of suction. Scrape cells using a cell scraper and aspirate the resulting slurry into a 2.0-mL Eppendorf tube.
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To inhale something other than air into one's lungs.
Similar: breathe in, inhale, inspire
- To suffocate, having inhaled something other than air. The autopsy found that the casualty had aspirated in her sleep.
- To produce an audible puff of breath, especially following a consonant, such as the letter "h" at the beginning of house or hat in standard English. There is no doubt that the uncertainty about the letter H, which much defaces English in some classes of the community, is due entirely to Norman influence, for Frenchmen could not aspirate. Three words—hour, honor, heir, with compounds of them such as hourly, honourable, heirship, and the like, are
adjective more aspirate · most aspirate
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Synonym of aspirated.
[…]and there was in Late Middle Bengali a tendency to drop aspiration of non-initial aspirate stops.
Similar: aspirated
Translations
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noun linguistics: puff of air
| Español | aspiración |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 送氣 /送气 sòngqì |
| Français | aspiration |
| Deutsch | Aspiration, Behauchung |
| Русский | придыха́ние pridyxánije, аспира́ция aspirácija |
noun linguistics: sound produced
| Español | aspirada |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 有気音 yūkion, 帯気音 taikion |
| 中文 | 送氣音 /送气音 sòngqìyīn |
| Русский | придыха́тельный согла́сный pridyxátelʹnyj soglásnyj, придыха́тельный звук pridyxátelʹnyj zvuk |
verb to remove a liquid or gas by suction
| Español | aspirar, chupar |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 抽空 chōukòng |
| Português | aspirar |
| Français | aspirer, pomper |
| Italiano | pompare, aspirare |
| Русский | аспири́ровать aspirírovatʹ, отса́сывать otsásyvatʹ |
verb to draw into one's lungs
| Español | inhalar, aspirar |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 吸入 xīrù |
| Português | aspirar, inalar |
| Français | inspirer, inhaler |
verb linguistics: to produce an audible puff of breath
| Español | aspirar |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 送气 sòngqì |
| Português | aspirar |
| Русский | произноси́ть с придыханием proiznosítʹ s pridyxanijem |
| Tiếng Việt | bật hơi |
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title = {aspirate},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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