aspiration

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Rhymes with -eɪʃən

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English aspire

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin -ātiōlbor.

Old French -ationbor.

Middle English -acioun

English -ation

English aspiration

From aspire + -ation.

countable, uncountable The act of aspiring or ardently desiring; an ardent wish or desire, chiefly after what is elevated or spiritual (with common adjunct adpositions being to and of). Riley has an aspiration to become a doctor.

From aspirate + -ion or borrowed from Latin aspīrātiō.

countable, uncountable The action of aspirating.
countable, uncountable A burst of air that follows the release of some consonants. In Cambodian, aspiration is phonemic, so /p/ and /pʰ/ are different phonemes.
countable, uncountable The withdrawal of fluid, tissue, or other substance, usually through a hollow needle from a body cavity, cyst, or tumor.
countable, uncountable The silent breaking h beginning some French words, largely of Germanic origin.
countable, uncountable The process of lenition involving writing a digraph with h, especially at the beginning of a word.