aspiration
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English
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
aspiration (countable and uncountable, plural aspirations)
- The act of aspiring or ardently desiring; an ardent wish or desire, chiefly after what is elevated or spiritual (with common adjunct adpositions being to and of).
- Riley has an aspiration to become a doctor.
- Morgan has an aspiration of winning the game.
- 2019 October, “Funding for 20tph East London Line service”, in Modern Railways, page 18:
- TfL retains aspirations to further increase frequency on the ELL [East London Line] to 24tph, which would require a switch from conventional signalling to a digital railway solution involving automatic train operation on the core section.
Derived terms
Translations
hope or ambition
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Etymology 2
From aspirate + -ion or borrowed from Latin aspīrātiō.
Noun
aspiration (countable and uncountable, plural aspirations)
- The action of aspirating.
- (phonetics) A burst of air that follows the release of some consonants.
- (medicine) The withdrawal of fluid, tissue, or other substance, usually through a hollow needle from a body cavity, cyst, or tumor.
- (French, linguistics) The silent breaking h beginning some French words, largely of Germanic origin.
- (Gaelic, linguistics) The process of lenition involving writing a digraph with h, especially at the beginning of a word.
Derived terms
Translations
action of aspirating
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medicine: withdrawal of fluid
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burst of air that follows the release of some consonants
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Further reading
- “aspiration”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “aspiration”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Danish
Noun
aspiration c (singular definite aspirationen, plural indefinite aspirationer)
Declension
Declension of aspiration
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | aspiration | aspirationen | aspirationer | aspirationerne |
| genitive | aspirations | aspirationens | aspirationers | aspirationernes |
Further reading
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin aspirātiōnem.
Pronunciation
Noun
aspiration f (plural aspirations)
Related terms
Further reading
- “aspiration”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.