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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.
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noun
Synonym of rough breathing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, orthography, publishing, writing
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Synonyms: rough breathing
Antonyms: none provided
History
Unadapted borrowing from Latin spīritus asper, from Ancient Greek δασὺ πνεῦμα (dasù pneûma).
