ventilator

English

Etymology

ventilate + -or; cf. Latin ventilator.

Noun

ventilator (plural ventilators)

  1. A device that circulates fresh air and expels stale or noxious air.
  2. (medicine) A respirator.
  3. (obsolete, slang) A play or an actor so bad as to empty the theater.

Translations

References

  • 1897, Albert Barrère, ‎Charles Godfrey Leland, A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɛntiˈlaːtɔr/
  • (file)

Noun

ventilator m (plural ventilatoren or ventilators, diminutive ventilatortje n)

  1. fan, ventilator (device that circulates fresh air)

Latin

Etymology

From ventilō (to expose to a draught) + -tor.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /wen.tiˈlaː.tor/, [wɛn.tɪˈɫaː.tɔr]

Noun

ventilātor m (genitive ventilātōris); third declension

  1. winnower

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ventilātor ventilātōrēs
Genitive ventilātōris ventilātōrum
Dative ventilātōrī ventilātōribus
Accusative ventilātōrem ventilātōrēs
Ablative ventilātōre ventilātōribus
Vocative ventilātor ventilātōrēs

Descendants

Verb

ventilātor

  1. second-person singular future passive imperative of ventilō
  2. third-person singular future passive imperative of ventilō

References


Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French ventilateur.

Noun

ventilator n (plural ventilatoare)

  1. ventilator, fan

Declension

See also


Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From ventilírati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋentǐlaːtor/
  • Hyphenation: ven‧ti‧la‧tor

Noun

ventìlātor m (Cyrillic spelling вентѝла̄тор)

  1. fan, ventilator

Declension

References

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