Aspirated consonant. In phonetics, aspiration is the strong burst of air that accompanies either the release or, in the case of preaspiration, the closure of some obstruents.ne should either feel a puff of air or see a flicker of the candle flame with pin that one does not get with bin. In most dialects of English, the initial consonant is aspirated in pin and unaspirated in bin. The diacritic for aspiration in the International Phonetic Alphabet is a superscript h, â¨â©.
portrait. 1. a drawing, painting, photograph etc of a person.
The noun PORTRAYAL has 5 senses: 1. a word picture of a person's appearance and character. 2. acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture. 3. a representation by picture or portraiture.4. any likeness of a person.5. representation by drawing or painting etc. Familiarity information: PORTRAYAL used as a noun is common.. a representation by picture or portraiture. 4. any likeness of a person. 5. representation by drawing or painting etc. Familiarity information: PORTRAYAL used as a noun is common.