aspirate

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for aspirate

aspirate 🔊 /æˈspɚejˌt/

aspirate : මහාප්‍රාණ

aspirate : මහාප්‍රාණාක්ෂර උච්චාරණය කරනවා

aspirate : මහාප්‍රාණාක්ෂරය

aspirate : මහා ප්‍රාණාක්ෂර ශබ්ද කරනවා

aspirate : හකාරය

English Verbs with Sinhala meanings

PresentPastPast ParticipleGerundSinhala Meaning
aspirateaspiratedaspiratedaspiratingஆழ சுவாசி

aspirate definition

Transitive verb. To pronounce with a breathing, an aspirate, or an h sound; as, we aspirate the words horse and house; to aspirate a vowel or a liquid consonant.

Noun.

  1. A sound consisting of, or characterized by, a breath like the sound of h; the breathing h or a character representing such a sound; an aspirated sound.
  2. A mark of aspiration (/) used in Greek; the asper, or rough breathing.
  3. An elementary sound produced by the breath alone; a surd, or nonvocal consonant; as, f, th in thin, etc.

Adjective. Alt. of Aspirated