adj
Meaning 1
Synonym of aspirated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: aspirated
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
aspirate
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK, US: /ˈæs.pəɹ.ət/
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UK, US: /ˈæs.pɪ.ɹət/
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UK, US: /ˈæs.pə.ɹɪt/
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UK: /ˈæs.pəɹ.eɪt/
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UK: /ˈæs.pɪ.ɹeɪt/
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US: /ˈæs.pə.ɹeɪt/
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US: /ˈæs.pɪ.ɹeɪt/
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rhymes with -æspəɹeɪt
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CMU ARPABET: AE1 S P ER0 EY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The puff of air accompanying the release of a plosive or fricative consonant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A sound produced by such a puff of air.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A mark of aspiration (ʽ) used in Greek; the asper, or rough breathing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a. 1742, Richard Bentley, letter to Dr. Mead But we must correct then twenty authors who have it in the compound ἀπηθεῖν and ἀπήθημα ; and not (as the aspirate would require it) ἀφηθεῖν and αφήθημα
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A sample of fluid, tissue, or other substance that is withdrawn via aspiration (usually through a hollow needle) from a body cavity, cyst, or tumor.
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verb
Meaning 6
To remove a liquid or gas by means of suction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 7
To inhale something other than air into one's lungs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 8
To suffocate, having inhaled something other than air.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- The autopsy found that the casualty had aspirated in her sleep.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 9
To produce an audible puff of breath, especially following a consonant, such as the letter "h" at the beginning of house or hat in standard English.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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noun
Meaning 10
a consonant pronounced with aspiration
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: consonant
verb
Meaning 11
suck in (air)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: inhale, inspire, breathe in
verb
Meaning 12
pronounce with aspiration; of stop sounds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say
verb
Meaning 13
remove as if by suction
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- aspirate the wound
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: draw out, suck out
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: remove, take, take away, withdraw
History
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin aspīrātus.
Across languages
Translations
63 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 送氣 /送气 (sòngqì) — linguistics: puff of air
- Dutch: aspiratie — linguistics: puff of air
- Finnish: aspiraatio — linguistics: puff of air
- Finnish: henkäisy — linguistics: puff of air
- French: aspiration — linguistics: puff of air
- German: Aspiration — linguistics: puff of air
- German: Behauchung — linguistics: puff of air
- Polish: aspiracja — linguistics: puff of air
- Russian: придыха́ние (pridyxánije) — linguistics: puff of air
- Russian: аспира́ция (aspirácija) — linguistics: puff of air
- Slovak: aspirácia — linguistics: puff of air
- Spanish: aspiración — linguistics: puff of air
- Bengali: মহাপ্রাণ বর্ণ (mohapran borno) — linguistics: sound produced
- Chinese Mandarin: 送氣音 /送气音 (sòngqìyīn) — linguistics: sound produced
- Finnish: aspiraatta — linguistics: sound produced
- Japanese: 有気音 (yūkion) — linguistics: sound produced
- Japanese: 帯気音 (taikion) — linguistics: sound produced
- Polish: aspirata — linguistics: sound produced
- Russian: придыха́тельный согла́сный (pridyxátelʹnyj soglásnyj) — linguistics: sound produced
- Russian: придыха́тельный звук (pridyxátelʹnyj zvuk) — linguistics: sound produced
- Slovak: aspirácia — linguistics: sound produced
- Spanish: aspirada — linguistics: sound produced
- Catalan: aspirar — to remove a liquid or gas by suction
- Chinese Mandarin: 抽空 (chōukòng) — to remove a liquid or gas by suction
- Finnish: imeä — to remove a liquid or gas by suction
- Finnish: imaista — to remove a liquid or gas by suction
- Finnish: aspiroida — to remove a liquid or gas by suction
- French: aspirer — to remove a liquid or gas by suction
- French: pomper — to remove a liquid or gas by suction
- Irish: asúigh — to remove a liquid or gas by suction
- Italian: pompare — to remove a liquid or gas by suction
- Italian: aspirare — to remove a liquid or gas by suction
- Portuguese: aspirar — to remove a liquid or gas by suction
- Russian: аспири́ровать (aspirírovatʹ) — to remove a liquid or gas by suction
- Russian: отса́сывать (otsásyvatʹ) — to remove a liquid or gas by suction
- Slovak: vysať — to remove a liquid or gas by suction
- Slovak: vysávať — to remove a liquid or gas by suction
- Spanish: aspirar — to remove a liquid or gas by suction
- Spanish: chupar — to remove a liquid or gas by suction
- Turkish: aspire etmek — to remove a liquid or gas by suction
- Chinese Mandarin: 吸入 (xīrù) — to draw into one's lungs
- Czech: vdechnout — to draw into one's lungs
- Finnish: vetää henkeen — to draw into one's lungs
- Finnish: aspiroida — to draw into one's lungs
- French: inspirer — to draw into one's lungs
- French: inhaler — to draw into one's lungs
- Polish: aspirować — to draw into one's lungs
- Portuguese: aspirar — to draw into one's lungs
- Portuguese: inalar — to draw into one's lungs
- Slovak: vdýchnuť — to draw into one's lungs
- Spanish: inhalar — to draw into one's lungs
- Spanish: aspirar — to draw into one's lungs
- Chinese Mandarin: 送气 (sòngqì) — linguistics: to produce an audible puff of breath
- Finnish: henkäistä — linguistics: to produce an audible puff of breath
- Finnish: aspiroida — linguistics: to produce an audible puff of breath
- Irish: análaigh — linguistics: to produce an audible puff of breath
- Norwegian: aspirere — linguistics: to produce an audible puff of breath
- Polish: aspirować — linguistics: to produce an audible puff of breath
- Portuguese: aspirar — linguistics: to produce an audible puff of breath
- Russian: произноси́ть с придыханием (proiznosítʹ s pridyxanijem) — linguistics: to produce an audible puff of breath
- Slovak: aspirovať — linguistics: to produce an audible puff of breath
- Spanish: aspirar — linguistics: to produce an audible puff of breath
- Vietnamese: bật hơi — linguistics: to produce an audible puff of breath