aspirazione

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aspīrātiōnem (“exhalation”). By surface analysis, aspira(re) (“to aspirate”, “to aspire”) +‎ -zione (“-(a)tion”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /as.pi.ratˈt͡sjo.ne/
  • Rhymes: -one
  • Hyphenation: a‧spi‧ra‧zió‧ne

Noun

aspirazione f (plural aspirazioni)

  1. suction
  2. ambition, aspiration, purport (an ardent wish or desire)
  3. (phonetics) aspiration (burst of air)
  4. draft (of a chimney)

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