Standard Lemma guide
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
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
adj
Having a specified kind of breath.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-compounds, not-comparable
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adj
voiceless, contrasting with voiced
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences
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name
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
simple past and past participle of breathe
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
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adjective satellite
uttered without voice
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: voiceless
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History
From breath + -ed.
Etymology tree Middle English breethder. Middle English brethen English breathe English -ed English breathed From breathe + -ed.
