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Meaning of spiritus asper | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Synonym of rough breathing.

Equivalents

Deutsch Spiritus asper
Ελληνικά δασεία

Examples

“h, as an aspirate, is very frequent in Chinese ; it is generally a stronger aspirate than in English : in the dialects of the south it is often changed into f, in the north into s, or sh. To mark an aspirate after a consonant, we use the Greek spiritus asper in preference to h.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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