aspirated

verb

1. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of aspirate

adj

1. Pronounced with an audible breath, a brief expulsion of air at the end of the sound.

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

2. (French)In French, describing an initial letter h which, though silent, does not permit liaison or elision with the preceding word.

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