respirator

See also: respirátor

English

Etymology

respirate + -or

Noun

respirator (plural respirators)

  1. A device designed to allow breathing when it would otherwise be hindered, as by a medical condition or the presence of poisonous vapors.
    Hyponym: ventilator
    The house painters were each officially required to wear a respirator, but this was sometimes disregarded in the extreme heat.

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Danish

Noun

respirator c (singular definite respiratoren, plural indefinite respiratorer)

  1. respirator

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Further reading

Latin

Verb

respīrātor

  1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of respīrō

Polish

respirator
respirator

Etymology

Borrowed from French respirateur.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɛs.piˈra.tɔr/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -atɔr
  • Syllabification: res‧pi‧ra‧tor

Noun

respirator m inan

  1. ventilator
  2. respirator

Declension

Further reading

  • respirator in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • respirator in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French respiratoire. By surface analysis, respira + -tor.

Adjective

respirator m or n (feminine singular respiratoare, masculine plural respiratori, feminine and neuter plural respiratoare)

  1. respiratory

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /respǐraːtor/
  • Hyphenation: res‧pi‧ra‧tor

Noun

respìrātor m (Cyrillic spelling респѝра̄тор)

  1. respirator

Declension

Swedish

Noun

respirator c

  1. respirator

Declension

Declension of respirator 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative respirator respiratorn respiratorer respiratorerna
Genitive respirators respiratorns respiratorers respiratorernas

References

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