aspiration
sustantivo C2En español: aspiración
- The action of aspirating.
- A burst of air that follows the release of some consonants. · In Cambodian, aspiration is phonemic, so /p/ and /pʰ/ are different phonemes.
- The withdrawal of fluid, tissue, or other substance, usually through a hollow needle from a body cavity, cyst, or tumor.
- The silent breaking h beginning some French words, largely of Germanic origin.
- The process of lenition involving writing a digraph with h, especially at the beginning of a word.
Plural aspirations
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Allan at the manse, knelt sweetly by her open window in a great sheen of moonshine and murmured a prayer of gratitude and aspiration that came straight from her heart.
Before Josie had told the news Anne’s highest pinnacle of aspiration had been a teacher’s provincial license, First Class, at the end of the year, and perhaps the medal!
The joy of sincere work and worthy aspiration and congenial friendship were to be hers; nothing could rob her of her birthright of fancy or her ideal world of dreams.
We all had good reason to join in the aspiration; for our vigil was a long and bitter one.
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