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Webster 1913 Edition
Inhaler
In-hal′er
,Noun.
1.
One who inhales.
3.
A contrivance to filter, as air, in order to protect the lungs from inhaling damp or cold air, noxious gases, dust, etc.; also, the respiratory apparatus for divers.
Webster 1828 Edition
Inhaler
INHA'LER
,Noun.
1.
In medicine, a machine for breathing or drawing warm steam into the lungs, as a remedy for coughs and catarrhal complaints.Definition 2024
inhaler
inhaler
English
An inhaler
Noun
inhaler (plural inhalers)
- One who inhales.
- 1963, Consumers Union of United States, Consumer reports (volume 28, page 277)
- The exposure of the mouse lungs to smoke was, of course, relatively mild as compared with the exposure of the lungs of a human smoke-inhaler who gets true cancer.
- 1963, Consumers Union of United States, Consumer reports (volume 28, page 277)
- (medicine) A device with a canister holding medicine (either in powder or gas form) which is sprayed and inhaled by the patient, often for treating asthma and other respiratory diseases.
Derived terms
Translations
canister containing medicine
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Verb
inhaler
- to inhale.
Conjugation of inhaler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | inhaler | avoir inhalé | |||||
| gerund | en inhalant | en ayant inhalé | |||||
| present participle | inhalant /ɛ̃.a.lɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | inhalé /ɛ̃.a.le/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | inhale /ɛ̃.al/ |
inhales /ɛ̃.al/ |
inhale /ɛ̃.al/ |
inhalons /ɛ̃.a.lɔ̃/ |
inhalez /ɛ̃.a.le/ |
inhalent /ɛ̃.al/ |
| imperfect | inhalais /ɛ̃.a.lɛ/ |
inhalais /ɛ̃.a.lɛ/ |
inhalait /ɛ̃.a.lɛ/ |
inhalions /ɛ̃.a.ljɔ̃/ |
inhaliez /ɛ̃.a.lje/ |
inhalaient /ɛ̃.a.lɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | inhalai /ɛ̃.a.le/ |
inhalas /ɛ̃.a.la/ |
inhala /ɛ̃.a.la/ |
inhalâmes /ɛ̃.a.lam/ |
inhalâtes /ɛ̃.a.lat/ |
inhalèrent /ɛ̃.a.lɛʁ/ |
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| future | inhalerai /ɛ̃.al.ʁe/ |
inhaleras /ɛ̃.al.ʁa/ |
inhalera /ɛ̃.al.ʁa/ |
inhalerons /ɛ̃.al.ʁɔ̃/ |
inhalerez /ɛ̃.al.ʁe/ |
inhaleront /ɛ̃.al.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | inhalerais /ɛ̃.al.ʁɛ/ |
inhalerais /ɛ̃.al.ʁɛ/ |
inhalerait /ɛ̃.al.ʁɛ/ |
inhalerions /ɛ̃.a.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
inhaleriez /ɛ̃.a.lə.ʁje/ |
inhaleraient /ɛ̃.al.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | inhale /ɛ̃.al/ |
inhales /ɛ̃.al/ |
inhale /ɛ̃.al/ |
inhalions /ɛ̃.a.ljɔ̃/ |
inhaliez /ɛ̃.a.lje/ |
inhalent /ɛ̃.al/ |
| imperfect1 |
inhalasse /ɛ̃.a.las/ |
inhalasses /ɛ̃.a.las/ |
inhalât /ɛ̃.a.la/ |
inhalassions /ɛ̃.a.la.sjɔ̃/ |
inhalassiez /ɛ̃.a.la.sje/ |
inhalassent /ɛ̃.a.las/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | inhale /ɛ̃.al/ |
— | inhalons /ɛ̃.a.lɔ̃/ |
inhalez /ɛ̃.a.le/ |
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