Dictionary

respirator en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From respirate + -or.

Meanings

1. A device to assist breathing.
2. (qualifier:especially occupational safety and health) A device to assist breathing. ▸ A face mask with an integrated filter or filters to keep out harmful dusts, fumes, and mists.
   • Any N95 respirator is designed to filter out 95 percent of particles 0.3 microns or larger.
   • A national hive mind has come to life on an open source Facebook group where hundreds of strangers trade tips on making respirator masks with baby wipes and paper towels, […] 2020 March 30, Andrew Jacobs, Rachel Abrams, “Hive Mind of Makers Rises to Meet Pandemic”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
   • Similarly, a few studies have suggested that high-quality respirators can trap 95 percent of nanoparticles. But "whether 95 percent efficiency is good enough or not is still open to discussion," said Hung Min Chein of the Industrial Technology Research Institute in Chutung, Taiwan, who is studying the issue. 2006 April 8, Rick Weiss, “Nanotech Raises Worker-Safety Questions”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Oct 2022:
   • The painters in the paint booth were wearing the kind of respirators with dual filter canisters.

Forms

Deriveds

Both respirator · respiratored · responaut

Hypernyms

PPE · personal protective equipment

Relateds

respiration · respiratory · irrespirable · respire

Translations (41)

yi רעספּיראַטאָר (device to allow breathing) · it respiratore (device to allow breathing) · ko 산소호흡기 (device to allow breathing) · pl respirator (device to allow breathing) · fr respirateur (device to allow breathing) · vi mặt nạ phòng độc (device to allow breathing) · nl beademingsmachine (device to allow breathing) · kk респиратор (device to allow breathing) · fo andingartól (device to allow breathing) · it aeroforo (device to allow breathing) · es respirador (device to allow breathing) · uk респіра́тор (device to allow breathing) · cs respirátor (device to allow breathing) · sv respirator (device to allow breathing) · gl respirador (device to allow breathing) · be рэспіра́тар (device to allow breathing) · tr respiratör (device to allow breathing) · ga análaitheoir (device to allow breathing) · sh респѝра̄тор (device to allow breathing) · de Beatmungsgerät (device to allow breathing) · sh respìrātor (device to allow breathing) · sk respirátor (device to allow breathing) · cmn 呼吸機 /呼吸机 (device to allow breathing) · hu lélegeztetőgép (device to allow breathing) · ca respirador (device to allow breathing) · et respiraator (device to allow breathing) · th เครื่องช่วยหายใจ (device to allow breathing) · fi hengityssuojain (device to allow breathing) · kk демперде (device to allow breathing) · cmn 呼吸器 (device to allow breathing) · da respirator (device to allow breathing) · fi hengityslaite (device to allow breathing) · bg респира́тор (device to allow breathing) · sl respirator (device to allow breathing) · cy peiriant anadlu (device to allow breathing) · vi mặt nạ chống độc (device to allow breathing) · ko 인공호흡기 (device to allow breathing) · ru респира́тор (device to allow breathing) · ja 人工呼吸器 (device to allow breathing) · pt respirador (device to allow breathing) · mk респира́тор (device to allow breathing)