Aspirated

"Aspirated" in a Sentence (2 examples)

In English, word-initial single voiceless consonants are aspirated, so that pit is pronounced [pʰɪt] but spit is pronounced [spɪt].

The h in haine is aspirated, so one says la haine, not l'haine.

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