Definición de «aspiration» en inglés

noun

1. 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.
   • Morgan has an aspiration of winning the game.

noun

1. The action of aspirating.

2. (phonetics) A burst of air that follows the release of some consonants.

   • In Cambodian, aspiration is phonemic, so /p/ and /pʰ/ are different phonemes.

3. (medicine) The withdrawal of fluid, tissue, or other substance, usually through a hollow needle from a body cavity, cyst, or tumor.

4. (French, linguistics) The silent breaking h beginning some French words, largely of Germanic origin.

5. (Gaelic, linguistics) The process of lenition involving writing a digraph with h, especially at the beginning of a word.