aspirated h
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Etymology edit
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.
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Noun edit
- (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.
- Synonym: h aspiré
- (linguistics, phonetics, literally) aspiration of a glottal consonant
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in the French language usage of the letter h at the start of a word which does not allow liaison with a preceding consonant
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