Dictionary

exhale en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• [ɪɡˈzeɪ̯l] (archaic)
• /ˌɛksˈheɪ̯l/
• [ˌɛksˈheɪ̯l]
• /ɪɡˈzeɪ̯l/
• (US) audio

Etymology

From Middle French exhaler, from Latin exhalare, from ex (“out”) + halare (“to breathe”).

Meanings

1. An exhalation.
   • Now have client take slower, normal breaths through the nose and notice how the abdomen moves slightly outward with each inhale and then deflates with each exhale. 2009, David A. Clark, Aaron T. Beck, Cognitive Therapy of Anxiety Disorders: Science and Practice:

Forms

exhale en · VERB

Pronunciation

• [ɪɡˈzeɪ̯l] (archaic)
• /ˌɛksˈheɪ̯l/
• [ˌɛksˈheɪ̯l]
• /ɪɡˈzeɪ̯l/
• (US) audio

Etymology

From Middle French exhaler, from Latin exhalare, from ex (“out”) + halare (“to breathe”).

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To expel air from the lungs through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm, to breathe out.
2. (transitive) To expel (something, such as tobacco smoke) from the lungs by action of the diaphragm.
3. (intransitive) To pass off in the form of vapour; to emerge.
   • Above was a tiled roof – though from that imperfect tiling exhaled stench and pestilence. 2008, Gregor Dallas, Metrostop Paris, John Murray, published 2009, page 9:
   • Passengers on the earliest railway services would not even have enjoyed the luxury of a platform, instead having to step up onto the waiting open top wagons, where they would experience a journey that left many choking on the plumes of smoke exhaled by the leading locomotive. 2025 July 9, Oliver Wheeler, “Action stations...”, in RAIL, number 1039, page 68:
4. (transitive) To emit (a vapour, an odour, etc.).
   • The earth exhales vapor; marshes exhale noxious effluvia.
   • Leſs fragrant Scents th' unfolding Roſe exhales, / Or Spices breathing in Arabian Gales. 1715, [Alexander] Pope, The Temple of Fame: A Vision, London: […] Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC, page 29:
5. (transitive) To draw out; to cause to be emitted in vapour.
   • The sun exhales the moisture of the earth.

Forms

Antonyms

inbreathe (antonym(s) of “expel (transitive)”) · breathe in (antonym(s) of “expel (transitive)”) · inbreathe (antonym(s) of “breathe out (intransitive)”) · inhale (antonym(s) of “expel (transitive)”) · breathe in (antonym(s) of “breathe out (intransitive)”) · inspire (antonym(s) of “breathe out (intransitive)”)

Deriveds

exhalable · unexhaled · exhalation · exhalement · exhalative

Hypernyms

discharge · output · ejection

Hyponyms

whimper · whistle · sigh · heave · groan · respire · pant · excrete · blow · moan · sough · excern · grunt · wheeze

Relateds

turbulence · inhale · inhaler · inhalation · wind · vent · dispatch

Synonyms

emanate · emit · exhale · outbreathe (breathe out (intransitive)) · outbreathe (expel (transitive)) · expel · breathe out (breathe out (intransitive)) · breathe out (expel (transitive)) · expire (expel (transitive)) · expire (breathe out (intransitive))

Translations (78)

cmn 呼出 (to breathe out) · cy anadlu allan (to breathe out) · mww tso pa (to breathe out) · sk uvoľňovať (to emit vapour, odour, etc.) · gl bafexar (to emit vapour, odour, etc.) · sl izdihniti (to breathe out) · ru вы́дохнуть (to breathe out) · tr nefes vermek (to breathe out) · ga asanálaigh (to breathe out) · sh ѝздисати (to breathe out) · pl wydychać (to breathe out) · mk издишува (to breathe out) · kmr henase dayîn (to breathe out) · ca exhalar (to expel from the lungs) · it espirare (to breathe out) · cs vydechnout (to breathe out) · es exhalar (to breathe out) · sk vydychovať (to expel from the lungs) · be выдыха́ць (to breathe out) · ru выдыха́ть (to breathe out) · sh ìzdisati (to breathe out) · pt expirar (to breathe out) · gl expirar (to breathe out) · uk видиха́ти (to breathe out) · qu samay (to breathe out) · fr expirer (to breathe out) · gl bafexar (to breathe out) · cy allanadlu (to breathe out) · la exhālō (to breathe out) · txb satāsk- (to breathe out) · it esalare (to expel from the lungs) · mi puha (to breathe out) · km ដកដង្ហើមចេញ (to breathe out) · da ånde ud (to breathe out) · bg изди́швам (to breathe out) · af uitasem (to breathe out) · gd sèid (to breathe out) · ja 息を吐く (to breathe out) · sh izdàhnuti (to breathe out) · sk vydychovať (to breathe out) · ko 내쉬다 (to breathe out) · fi hengittää ulos (to breathe out) · bg изди́шам (to breathe out) · sk vydýchnuť (to breathe out) · th หายใจออก (to breathe out) · fi huokua (to pass off in the form of vapour) · ga asanálaigh (to expel from the lungs) · cs vydechovat (to breathe out) · he נָשַׁף (to breathe out) · be вы́дыхнуць (to breathe out) · es espirar (to breathe out) · cy anadlu allan (rhywbeth) (to expel from the lungs) · pt exalar (to breathe out) · sl izdihavati (to breathe out) · te నిశ్వాసించు (to breathe out) · yi אויסאָטעמען (to breathe out) · el εκπνέω (to breathe out) · nl uitademen (to breathe out) · syl ꠖꠝ ꠙꠣꠟꠣꠘꠤ (to breathe out) · grc ἐκπνέω (to breathe out) · ca expirar (to expel from the lungs) · sk vydýchnuť (to expel from the lungs) · gl bafexar (to pass off in the form of vapour) · ga easanálaigh (to breathe out) · nb puste ut (to breathe out) · fi hengittää ulos (to expel from the lungs) · mi whakahā (to breathe out) · as নিশাহ লোৱা (to breathe out) · uk ви́дихнути (to breathe out) · sv andas ut (to breathe out) · mk издише (to breathe out) · sh изда̀хнути (to breathe out) · fi huokua (to emit vapour, odour, etc.) · fi haihduttaa (to cause to be emitted in vapour) · ro expira (to breathe out) · ar زَفَرَ (to breathe out) · it esalare (to emit vapour, odour, etc.) · de ausatmen (to breathe out)