deaspirate

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

de- +‎ aspirate

Verb[edit]

deaspirate (third-person singular simple present deaspirates, present participle deaspirating, simple past and past participle deaspirated)

  1. (transitive, phonetics) To change the pronunciation of a consonant so that it is no longer aspirated.

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