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smooth breathings

smooth breathings is the plural of smooth breathing.

Meaning of smooth breathing

Noun

smooth breathing (plural smooth breathings)

  1. The lack of aspiration on a vowel or semivowel in Ancient Greek.
  2. A diacritic (’/◌̓) in Ancient, Medieval and Modern Greek used to indicate this lack of aspiration (or its historical presence), e.g. ἀ, ῤ.

Questions about smooth breathings

What is smooth breathings the plural of?
Smooth breathings is the plural of smooth breathing.

Words near smooth breathings in the dictionary

  1. smooth azaleas
  2. smooth bedstraw
  3. smooth brain
  4. smooth brains
  5. smooth breathing
  6. smooth breathings
  7. smooth brome
  8. smooth bromes
  9. smooth call
  10. smooth called
  11. smooth calling

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