smog

See also: Smog and smög

English

Etymology

Blend of smoke + fog.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /smɒɡ/
    • (file)
  • (US) enPR: smäg, IPA(key): /smɑɡ/ also IPA(key): /smɔɡ/
  • Rhymes: -ɒɡ

Noun

smog (countable and uncountable, plural smogs)

  1. A noxious mixture of particulates and gases that is the result of urban air pollution.
    Synonyms: pea-souper, pea-soup fog

Hyponyms

  • black smog (combination of smoke and fog; stereotypical 19th century London smog)
  • photochemical smog (brown haze and ozone; stereotypical 1980s Los Angeles afternoon smog)
  • summer smog

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

smog (third-person singular simple present smogs, present participle smogging, simple past and past participle smogged)

  1. (informal) To get a smog check; to check a vehicle or have it checked for emissions.
    If the car is more than five years old, you'll have to have it smogged before you can register it.

See also

References

  • smog”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  1. Olga Kornienko, Grinin L, Ilyin I, Herrmann P, Korotayev A (2016) “Social and Economic Background of Blending”, in Globalistics and Globalization Studies: Global Transformations and Global Future, Volgograd: Uchitel Publishing House, →ISBN, pages 220–225

Anagrams

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsmok]

Noun

smog m inan

  1. smog

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • smog in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • smog in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English smog.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

smog m (uncountable)

  1. smog

French

Noun

smog m (plural smogs)

  1. smog

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English smog.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzmɔɡ/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɔɡ
  • Hyphenation: smòg

Noun

smog m (invariable)

  1. smog

References

  1. smog in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English smog.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /smɔk/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔk
  • Syllabification: smog
  • Homophones: smok, Smok

Noun

smog m inan

  1. smog

Declension

Derived terms

adjective

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English smog.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /izˈmɔ.ɡu.i/ [izˈmɔ.ɡʊ.i], /ˈsmɔ.ɡu.i/ [ˈsmɔ.ɡʊ.i], /izˈmɔ.ɡi/, /ˈsmɔ.ɡi/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʒˈmɔ.ɡu.i/ [iʒˈmɔ.ɡʊ.i], /ˈsmɔ.ɡu.i/ [ˈsmɔ.ɡʊ.i], /iʒˈmɔ.ɡi/, /ˈsmɔ.ɡi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈsmɔ.ɡu.i/ [ˈsmɔ.ɡʊ.i], /izˈmɔ.ɡu.i/ [izˈmɔ.ɡʊ.i], /ˈsmɔ.ɡi/, /izˈmɔ.ɡi/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈsmɔ.ɡi/ [ˈsmɔ.ɣi]

  • Hyphenation: smog

Noun

smog m (uncountable)

  1. smog (urban air pollution)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English smog.

Noun

smog n (uncountable)

  1. smog

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English smog.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /smôɡ/

Noun

smȍg m (Cyrillic spelling смо̏г)

  1. smog

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /esˈmoɡ/ [ezˈmoɣ̞], /ˈsmoɡ/ [ˈzmoɣ̞]
  • Rhymes: -oɡ
  • Syllabification: smog

Noun

smog m (plural smogs)

  1. smog
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