adj
breathed
brehtht
adj
1
Voiceless, as opposed to voiced, when describing a speech sound.
"The "s" in "sit" is a breathed consonant, unlike the "z" sound in "zoo.""
How to Use Breathed
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA linguistics term for a sound made without vibrating the vocal cords.
When to use it
Mostly used in phonetics and linguistics; in everyday speech, "voiceless" is more common.
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Etymology
From breath + the adjective suffix -ed.