"aspirated h" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈæspəɹeɪ̯tɪd eɪ̯tʃ/
Etymology: Calque of French h aspiré. The aspirated h was pronounced /h/ until Early Modern French (and still is in some northern dialects), whereas the mute h had long been silent. The designation has been maintained although both kinds of h are now technically silent in standard French, but the Germanic h remains pronounced dialectally and in Norman French. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|fr|h aspiré}} Calque of French h aspiré, {{m|en|Germanic h}} Germanic h Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} aspirated h
  1. (French phonology) In the French language, usage of the letter h at the start of a word which does not allow liaison with a preceding consonant or elision of a preceding schwa. Tags: French Categories (topical): Latin letter names, Talking Synonyms: h aspiré, Germanic h Translations (in the French language usage of the letter h at the start of a word which does not allow liaison with a preceding consonant): h aspirada [feminine] (Catalan), h aspiré [masculine] (French), h aspirata [feminine] (Italian), 有音のh (yūon no asshu) (Japanese), h aspirado [masculine] (Portuguese), придыха́тельное аш (pridyxátelʹnoje aš) [neuter] (Russian), h aspirada [feminine] (Spanish), hache aspirada [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-aspirated_h-en-noun-W~HYMVmD Disambiguation of Latin letter names: 81 19 Disambiguation of Talking: 82 18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 78 22 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 81 19 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, sciences Disambiguation of 'in the French language usage of the letter h at the start of a word which does not allow liaison with a preceding consonant': 94 6
  2. (linguistics, phonetics, literally) aspiration of a glottal consonant Tags: literally Categories (topical): Linguistics, Phonetics
    Sense id: en-aspirated_h-en-noun-XJIq6M1h Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences

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