breathings
- 1Plural of breathing.
Printed editions of ancient Greek mark the rough and smooth breathings over initial vowels.
Through the thin wall came the slow, even breathings of the sleepers.
Note
A plural that only the countable uses of breathing can take. Respiration as a process stays singular, while the plural counts separate breaths, heard one by one. It also names the diacritical marks that show aspiration or its absence, and it can count gentle influences or secret prayers. The verb's present participle, also spelled breathing, never takes this -s, so breathings is always a noun.
breathings is a form of breathing
breathing, noun: A diacritical mark indicating the presence or absence of aspiration on a sound. Full entry
- Forms
- breathingbreathings plural
- Spelling
- breathing → breathings: add -s
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