Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unaspirated

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.29 in modern English

Syllables: unaspi-rat-ed
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Example Sentences

"Phonetically, in Malay, initial /t/ and /p/ are never aspirated; only /p, b, t, d, k, g/ occur as final stops and are usually unreleased and unaspirated[.]"

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English aspirated English unaspirated From un- + aspirated.

Inflected Forms

more unaspirated (comparative) most unaspirated (superlative)

Phrases

unaspirated h

Questions

What does unaspirated mean?: Not aspirated.
Where does unaspirated come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English aspirated English unaspirated From un- + aspirated.

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