#aspirated consonant

• Aspirated — Having been absorbed through an air current or drawn into the lungs through breathing; a sound or consonant pronounced with a strong emission of breath (aspiration); the liquid or solid product extracted from a body cavity via a medical suction pump. In a figurative sense, it describes a grand ideal or goal that a person eagerly aimed for.
• Aspirated consonant — A consonant whose pronunciation involves an additional and audible emission of breath, specific to many Germanic or Oriental languages; as an adjective, it describes a feminine entity, a surface (such as a carpet), or a liquid or gaseous substance that has undergone pneumatic absorption.