Dictionary

vaporizer en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *kwapōs Latin vapor Old French vapeurder. Old French vaporbor. Middle English vapour English vapor Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English vaporiz(e) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English vaporizer From vaporiz(e) + -er.

Meanings

1. A device with a heating element, used to vaporize a liquid. ▸ Such a device to facilitate vaping.
   • Vaporizers are used in electronic cigarettes to simulate smoke.
2. A device with a heating element, used to vaporize a liquid. ▸ A medical device for administering medicine via inhalation. The produced vapor condensates into fine aerosols, forming a mist inside the device, to be inhaled by the patient for delivery of the medicine into the lungs.
3. (qualifier:historical except museologically) A device with a heating element, used to vaporize a liquid. ▸ A device that heated viscous liquid motor fuel, especially tractor vaporising oil, to enable an engine to run on it.
   • Their Fordson was equipped with a vaporizer.

Forms

Coordinates

atomizer · gasifier · nebulizer · atomizer · aerosoliser · carburetor · atomizer · carburetor · aerosoliser · nebulizer · aerosoliser · carburetor · gasifier · nebulizer · gasifier

Synonyms

vape

Translations (9)

pt vaporizador (heating element device) · bg изпари́тел (heating element device) · ca vaporitzador (device) · es vaporizador (device) · pl waporyzator (heating element device) · pl waporyzator (device) · ru испари́тель (heating element device) · es vaporizador (heating element device) · eo vaporigilo (device)