"smooth breathing" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: smooth breathings [plural]
Etymology: Calque of Latin spīritus lēnis, from Ancient Greek ψιλὸν πνεῦμα (psilòn pneûma). Etymology templates: {{clq|en|la|spīritus lēnis}} Calque of Latin spīritus lēnis, {{der|en|grc|ψιλὸν πνεῦμα}} Ancient Greek ψιλὸν πνεῦμα (psilòn pneûma) Head templates: {{en-noun}} smooth breathing (plural smooth breathings)
  1. (phonetics) The lack of aspiration on a vowel or semivowel in Ancient Greek.
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  2. (orthography) A diacritic (’/◌̓) in Ancient, Medieval and Modern Greek used to indicate this lack of aspiration (or its historical presence), e.g. ἀ, ῤ. Synonyms: spiritus lenis, psili, psilon pneuma
    Sense id: en-smooth_breathing-en-noun-UCX8Yzpy Categories (other): Orthography, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Sicilian translations, Diacritical marks, Greek Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Sicilian translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Diacritical marks: 13 87 Disambiguation of Greek: 50 50 Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, orthography, publishing, writing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (diacritic in Greek): ψιλὸν πνεῦμα (psilòn pneûma) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), heikko henkäys (Finnish), spiritus lenis (Finnish), esprit doux [masculine] (French), Spiritus lenis [masculine] (German), ψιλή (psilí) [feminine] (Greek), spirito dolce [masculine] (Italian), spīritus lēnis [masculine] (Latin), przydech słaby [masculine] (Polish), espírito brando [masculine] (Portuguese), то́нкое придыха́ние (tónkoje pridyxánije) [neuter] (Russian), зва́тельце (zvátelʹce) [neuter] (Russian), spìritu duci [masculine] (Sicilian)
Disambiguation of 'diacritic in Greek': 45 55

Inflected forms

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