aspiration

== English == === Etymology 1 === From aspire +‎ -ation. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˌæspəˈɹeɪʃən/ Rhymes: -eɪʃən ==== Noun ==== aspiration (countable and uncountable, plural aspirations) 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). ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From aspirate +‎ -ion or borrowed from Latin aspīrātiō. ==== Noun ==== aspiration (countable and uncountable, plural aspirations) The action of aspirating. (phonetics) A burst of air that follows the release of some consonants. (medicine) The withdrawal of fluid, tissue, or other substance, usually through a hollow needle from a body cavity, cyst, or tumor. (French, linguistics) The silent breaking h beginning some French words, largely of Germanic origin. (Gaelic, linguistics) The process of lenition involving writing a digraph with h, especially at the beginning of a word. ===== Derived terms ===== aspirational preaspiration, pre-aspiration ===== Translations ===== ==== Further reading ==== “aspiration”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “aspiration”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == Danish == === Noun === aspiration c (singular definite aspirationen, plural indefinite aspirationer) aspiration ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “aspiration” in Den Danske Ordbog == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin aspirātiōnem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /as.pi.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ === Noun === aspiration f (plural aspirations) aspiration ==== Related terms ==== aspirer === Further reading === “aspiration”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012