breath

== English == === Alternative forms === breth (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English breeth, breth, from Old English brǣþ (“odor, scent, stink, exhalation, vapor”), from Proto-West Germanic *brāþi (“vapour, waft, exhalation, breath”) (compare German Brodem (“haze, vapor; breath”), of a different but related formation). === Pronunciation === enPR: brĕth, (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /bɹɛθ/, [bɹ̠ʷɛθ] (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /bɹeθ/ (Scotland, Wales) IPA(key): /bɾɛθ/ Rhymes: -ɛθ (Early Modern) IPA(key): /brɛːθ/, /brɛθ/ === Noun === breath (countable and uncountable, plural breaths) (uncountable) The act or process of breathing. (countable) A single act of breathing in or out; a breathing of air. (uncountable) Air expelled from the lungs. (countable) A rest or pause. A small amount of something, such as wind, or common sense. (obsolete) Fragrance; exhalation; odor; perfume. (obsolete) Gentle exercise, causing a quicker respiration. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Japanese: ブレス ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === breath (not comparable) (phonetics, of a consonant or vowel) voiceless, surd; contrasting with voice (breath sounds, voice sounds) === Verb === breath Misspelling of breathe. === See also === exhalation inhalation respiration === References === === Anagrams === Bertha, bareth, bather, bertha == Irish == === Noun === breath f (genitive singular breithe, nominative plural breitheanna) alternative form of breith (“birth; lay; bearing capacity; bringing, taking; seizing; catching, overtaking”) === Noun === breath f (genitive singular breithe, nominative plural breitheanna) alternative form of breith (“judgment, decision; injunction”) ==== Declension ==== === Mutation === === References === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “breath”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN