aspiration

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim 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.”

2. isim The action of aspirating.
3. isim A burst of air that follows the release of some consonants.

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

4. isim The withdrawal of fluid, tissue, or other substance, usually through a hollow needle from a body cavity, cyst, or tumor.
5. isim The silent breaking h beginning some French words, largely of Germanic origin.
6. isim The process of lenition involving writing a digraph with h, especially at the beginning of a word.