aerosol

== English == === Etymology === From aero- +‎ sol (“solution”). === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˈɛɚ.əˌsɔl/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈɛɚ.əˌsɑl/ (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɛə.ɹəˌsɒl/ === Noun === aerosol (plural aerosols) A mixture of fine solid particles or liquid droplets suspended in a gaseous medium. An aerosol can. The payload (e.g. insecticide, paint, oil, cosmetics) and propellant contained by an aerosol can. (physics) A colloidal system in which the dispersed phase is composed of either solid or liquid particles and in which the dispersal medium is some gas, usually air. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== →? Arabic: أَيْرُوسُول (ʔayrūsūl) → Cebuano: ayrosol → Irish: aerasól → Punjabi: ਐਰੋਸੋਲ (airosol) → Welsh: erosol ==== Translations ==== === Verb === aerosol (third-person singular simple present aerosols, present participle (US) aerosoling or (UK) aerosolling, simple past and past participle (US) aerosoled or (UK) aerosolled) (transitive) To spray with an aerosol. ==== Translations ==== === References === Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “aerosol”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. “aerosol”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === roseola == Basque == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish aerosol (“aerosol”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aeɾos̺ol/ [a.e.ɾo.s̺ol] Rhymes: -os̺ol, -ol Hyphenation: a‧e‧ro‧sol === Noun === aerosol inan aerosol aerosol can ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “aerosol”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language] == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [əˌe.ɾuˈsɔl] IPA(key): (Balearic) [əˌe.ɾoˈsɔl] IPA(key): (Valencia) [aˌe.ɾoˈsɔl] === Noun === aerosol m (plural aerosols) aerosol == Czech == === Etymology === Borrowed from English aerosol. First attested in the 20th century. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈaɛrosol] === Noun === aerosol m inan aerosol ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “aerosol”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech) “aerosol”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 “aerosol”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026 == Indonesian == === Etymology === From English aerosol. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /aeˈrosol/ [a.eˈro.sɔl] Rhymes: -osol Syllabification: a‧e‧ro‧sol === Noun === aérosol (plural aerosol-aerosol) (chemistry, physics) aerosol ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “aerosol”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Italian == === Etymology === From aero- +‎ sol. === Noun === aerosol m (invariable) aerosol (all senses) ==== Derived terms ==== aerosolizzare == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From aero- +‎ sol (solution). === Noun === aerosol m (definite singular aerosolen, indefinite plural aerosoler, definite plural aerosolene) an aerosol === References === “aerosol” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From aero- +‎ sol (solution). === Noun === aerosol m (definite singular aerosolen, indefinite plural aerosolar, definite plural aerosolane) an aerosol === References === “aerosol” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Aerosol. First attested in 1932. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.ɛˈrɔ.sɔl/ Rhymes: -ɔsɔl Syllabification: a‧e‧ro‧sol === Noun === aerosol m inan (rare) alternative form of aerozol ==== Declension ==== === References === === Further reading === aerosol in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French aérosol. === Noun === aerosol m (plural aerosoli) aerosol ==== Declension ==== == Serbo-Croatian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /âerosoːl/ Hyphenation: a‧e‧ro‧sol === Noun === ȁerosōl m inan (Cyrillic spelling а̏еросо̄л) aerosol ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aeɾoˈsol/ [a.e.ɾoˈsol] Rhymes: -ol Syllabification: a‧e‧ro‧sol === Noun === aerosol m (plural aerosoles) aerosol (gaseous or airborne cloud of particulate matter) ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “aerosol”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025