aspirated

Verb

• remove as if by suction
• pronounce with aspiration; of stop sounds
• suck in (air)
• simple past and past participle of aspirate

Adj

• Pronounced with an audible breath, a brief expulsion of air at the end of the sound.
• In French, describing an initial letter h which, though silent, does not permit liaison or elision with the preceding word.

Examples

• In English, word-initial single voiceless consonants are aspirated, so that pit is pronounced [pʰɪt] but spit is pronounced [spɪt].
• The h in haine is aspirated, so one says la haine, not l'haine.

Synonyms

aspirate, draw out, suck out

Antonyms

unaspirated