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aspiration en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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• /ˌɛspəˈɹæɪʃən/ (New-Zealand)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌæspəˈɹæɪʃən/ (Australia)
• /ˌæspəˈɹeɪʃən/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree English aspire Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English aspiration From aspire + -ation.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) 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).
   • 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. 2019 October, “Funding for 20tph East London Line service”, in Modern Railways, page 18:
   • Riley has an aspiration to become a doctor.
   • Morgan has an aspiration of winning the game.

Forms

Deriveds

salt water aspiration syndrome · vacuum aspiration · aspirationalist · thromboaspiration · bronchoaspiration · deaspiration · thrombaspiration · aspirational · fine-needle aspiration · joint aspiration · microaspiration · aspirationalism · lipoaspiration · reaspiration · needle aspiration biopsy

Translations (48)

pt aspiração (hope or ambition) · ru наде́жда (hope or ambition) · ar أَمَل (hope or ambition) · ko 염원 (hope or ambition) · es aspiración (hope or ambition) · ko 포부 (hope or ambition) · ckb ئاوات (hope or ambition) · mi pīrangi (hope or ambition) · el φιλοδοξία (hope or ambition) · ml അഭിലാഷം (hope or ambition) · cmn 希望 (hope or ambition) · ga barrmhian (hope or ambition) · bg стремеж (hope or ambition) · th ปณิธาน (hope or ambition) · bg амбиция (hope or ambition) · mi matawara (hope or ambition) · yi שטרעבן (hope or ambition) · mi tāpara (hope or ambition) · de Sehnsucht (hope or ambition) · pl aspiracja (hope or ambition) · pl ambicja (hope or ambition) · sh aspiracija (hope or ambition) · ko 열망 (hope or ambition) · th ความปรารถนา (hope or ambition) · mi maingo (hope or ambition) · el ιδανικό (hope or ambition) · pdt Väanämungsjeist (hope or ambition) · sh težnja (hope or ambition) · fr aspiration (hope or ambition) · gd dèidh (hope or ambition) · ru стремле́ние (hope or ambition) · ja 希望 (hope or ambition) · mi koronga (hope or ambition) · ka სწრაფვა (hope or ambition) · de Verlangen (hope or ambition) · ka მისწრაფება (hope or ambition) · bn তামান্না (hope or ambition) · hy ձգտում (hope or ambition) · mi tūmanakotanga (hope or ambition) · ca aspiració (hope or ambition) · fi pyrkimys (hope or ambition) · ga ardmhian (hope or ambition) · mi matanā (hope or ambition) · sk ašpirácia (hope or ambition) · ga ardaidhm (hope or ambition) · de Aspiration (hope or ambition) · mi awata (hope or ambition) · ru амби́ция (hope or ambition)

aspiration en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

From aspirate + -ion or borrowed from Latin aspīrātiō.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The action of aspirating.
2. (countable, uncountable) A burst of air that follows the release of some consonants.
   • In Cambodian, aspiration is phonemic, so /p/ and /pʰ/ are different phonemes.
3. (countable, uncountable) The withdrawal of fluid, tissue, or other substance, usually through a hollow needle from a body cavity, cyst, or tumor.
4. (countable, uncountable) The silent breaking h beginning some French words, largely of Germanic origin.
5. (countable, uncountable) The process of lenition involving writing a digraph with h, especially at the beginning of a word.

Forms

Deriveds

preaspiration · aspirational · pre-aspiration

Translations (39)

ro inspirație (action of aspirating) · sk aspirácia (burst of air that follows the release of some consonants) · no aspirering (burst of air that follows the release of some consonants) · de Behauchung (burst of air that follows the release of some consonants) · es aspiración (action of aspirating) · fi aspiraatio (burst of air that follows the release of some consonants) · ar رَشْف (action of aspirating) · ur ہکاریت (burst of air that follows the release of some consonants) · el δάσυνση (burst of air that follows the release of some consonants) · ga análú (burst of air that follows the release of some consonants) · ja 気音 (burst of air that follows the release of some consonants) · as উশাহ (action of aspirating) · pt aspiração (burst of air that follows the release of some consonants) · sk vdýchnutie (action of aspirating) · uk аспіра́ція (burst of air that follows the release of some consonants) · sh aspiracija (burst of air that follows the release of some consonants) · ja 吸引 (action of aspirating) · ro aspirare (action of aspirating) · fr aspiration (burst of air that follows the release of some consonants) · bg придиха́ние (burst of air that follows the release of some consonants) · is áblásning (burst of air that follows the release of some consonants) · de Aspiration (burst of air that follows the release of some consonants) · cy llaes (burst of air that follows the release of some consonants) · sh aspiriranje (action of aspirating) · ro aspirație (action of aspirating) · ca aspiració (action of aspirating) · ga asú (medicine: withdrawal of fluid) · fa دمش (burst of air that follows the release of some consonants) · uk при́дих (burst of air that follows the release of some consonants) · sk nasatie (action of aspirating) · ru аспира́ция (burst of air that follows the release of some consonants) · fr aspiration (action of aspirating) · ar زَفْر (burst of air that follows the release of some consonants) · pl aspiracja (burst of air that follows the release of some consonants) · pl przydech (burst of air that follows the release of some consonants) · cmn 送氣 /送气 (burst of air that follows the release of some consonants) · ru придыха́ние (burst of air that follows the release of some consonants) · pt aspiração (action of aspirating) · ca aspiració (burst of air that follows the release of some consonants)