exhalation

== English == === Etymology === From Latin exhālātiō, from exhālō (“to breathe out, to exhale”), from hālō (“to breathe”). Equivalent to exhale +‎ -ation. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌɛkshəˈleɪ̯ʃən/, [ˌɛkshəˈleɪ̯ʃən] ~ [ˌɛkshəˈleɪ̯ʃn̩] Rhymes: -eɪʃən Hyphenation: ex‧ha‧la‧tion === Noun === exhalation (countable and uncountable, plural exhalations) The act or process of exhaling; breathing out Synonyms: (archaic) efflation, sigh That which is exhaled, or which rises in the form of vapor, fume, or steam 1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter II, [1] For a week the party watched the flood, and each day it receded to a considerable extent. A thick deposit of mud was left behind, but though the sun shone out warmly no offensive exhalations arose. A bright phenomenon; a meteor. ==== Translations ==== == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛɡ.za.la.sjɔ̃/ === Noun === exhalation f (plural exhalations) exhalation ==== Related terms ==== exhaler === Further reading === “exhalation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012