different between aspiration vs tenet

English

Etymology 1

aspire +? -ation

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?æsp???e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

aspiration (countable and uncountable, plural aspirations)

1. The act of aspiring or ardently desiring; an ardent wish or desire, chiefly after what is elevated or spiritual (with common adjunct adpositions being to and of).

   Morgan has an aspiration of winning the game.

Derived terms

• aspirational
• aspirationalism
• aspirationalist

Translations

Etymology 2

From aspirate +? -ion or borrowed from Latin aspiratio, aspirationem.

Noun

aspiration (countable and uncountable, plural aspirations)

1. The action of aspirating.
2. (phonetics) A burst of air that follows the release of some consonants.

Derived terms

• aspirational
• preaspiration

Translations

Further reading

• aspiration in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• aspiration in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Danish

Noun

aspiration c (singular definite aspirationen, plural indefinite aspirationer)

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Declension

Further reading

• “aspiration” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aspiratio, aspirationem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /as.pi.?a.sj??/

Noun

aspiration f (plural aspirations)

1. aspiration

Related terms

• aspirer

Further reading

• “aspiration” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tenet (“it holds”), from tene? (“hold; have”). Compare obsolete tenent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?n?t/, /?t?n?t/
• Rhymes: -?n?t

Noun

tenet (plural tenets)

1. An opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization.

Translations

Anagrams

• etten

Latin

Verb

tenet

1. third-person singular present active indicative of tene?