Preaspiration

//ˌpɹiːˌæspəˈɹeɪʃən// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    A period of voiceless breathing that precedes some consonants in some languages—a sort of mirror-image of aspiration.

Etymology

From pre- + aspiration.

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