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exhalation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • [ˌɛkshəˈleɪ̯ʃən] ~ [ˌɛkshəˈleɪ̯ʃn̩]
  • (US) audio
  • /ˌɛkshəˈleɪ̯ʃən/

Etymology

From Latin exhālātiō, from exhālō (“to breathe out, to exhale”), from hālō (“to breathe”). Equivalent to exhale + -ation.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The act or process of exhaling; breathing out
    • short exhalations of breath
  2. (countable, uncountable) That which is exhaled, or which rises in the form of vapor, fume, or steam
    • 1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter II, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600641.txt For a week the party watched the flood, and each day it receded to a considerable extent. A thick deposit of mud was left behind, but though the sun shone out warmly no offensive exhalations arose.
    • exhalations from the earth or flowers
  3. (countable, uncountable) A bright phenomenon; a meteor.

Forms

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Synonyms

sigh · efflation

Translations (27)

nl uitademing (act or process of exhaling) · bg издишване (act or process of exhaling) · es espiración (act or process of exhaling) · txb satāṣlñe (act or process of exhaling) · la exhālātiō (act or process of exhaling) · eo elspiro (act or process of exhaling) · te నిశ్వాసము (act or process of exhaling) · gl exhalación (that which is exhaled) · uk видиха́ння (act or process of exhaling) · ca exhalació (that which is exhaled) · gl exhalación (act or process of exhaling) · bg дъх (that which is exhaled) · as নিশাহ (that which is exhaled) · la efflātiō (act or process of exhaling) · pl wydech (act or process of exhaling) · bg дихание (that which is exhaled) · uk видих (act or process of exhaling) · de Ausschnaufen (act or process of exhaling) · de Ausatmung (act or process of exhaling) · de Ausatmen (act or process of exhaling) · ga asanálú (act or process of exhaling) · es exhalación (act or process of exhaling) · es exhalación (that which is exhaled) · as নিশাহ লোৱা (act or process of exhaling) · ca exhalació (act or process of exhaling) · ar زَفِير (act or process of exhaling) · fi uloshengitys (act or process of exhaling)