Aspirate - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈæspərət|
Brit.
|ˈæspərət|
noun
- a consonant pronounced with aspiration
verb
- remove by suction (syn: draw out, suck out)
- inhale (air, water, etc.)
aspirate the wound
- pronounce with aspiration; of stop sounds- inhale (air, water, etc.)
Extra examples
The word “hour” is not pronounced with an aspirate.
The letter “h” in “house” is aspirated, but the “h” in “hour” is not.
She began coughing when she aspirated some orange juice.
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: aspirate
he/she/it: aspirates
present participle: aspirating
past tense: aspirated
past participle: aspirated
I/you/we/they: aspirate
he/she/it: aspirates
present participle: aspirating
past tense: aspirated
past participle: aspirated
noun
singular: aspirate
plural: aspirates
singular: aspirate
plural: aspirates
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