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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rough breathing

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.07 in modern English

Syllables
rough breath-ing
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Aspiration on a vowel or semivowel in Ancient Greek.

noun

A diacritic (῾ (h)/◌̔) in Ancient, Medieval and Modern Greek used to indicate this aspiration (or its historical presence), e.g. ἁ, ῥ.

Etymology

Calque of Latin spīritus asper, from Ancient Greek δασὺ πνεῦμα (dasù pneûma).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: δασὺ πνεῦμα

Inflected Forms

rough breathings (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

smooth breathing spiritus lenis

Synonyms

spiritus asper dasia dasy pneuma

Questions

What does rough breathing mean?
Aspiration on a vowel or semivowel in Ancient Greek.
Where does rough breathing come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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