preaspiration
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From pre- + aspiration.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]preaspiration (plural preaspirations)
- (phonetics) A period of voiceless breathing that precedes some consonants in some languages—a sort of mirror-image of aspiration.
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]period of voiceless breathing
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