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Webster 1913 Edition
Ventilator
Ven′ti-laˊtor
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
ventilateur
, L. ventilator
a winnower.] A contrivance for effecting ventilation; especially, a contrivance or machine for drawing off or expelling foul or stagnant air from any place or apartment, or for introducing that which is fresh and pure.
Webster 1828 Edition
Ventilator
VEN'TILATOR
,Noun.
Definition 2025
Ventilator
Ventilator
German
Noun
Ventilator m (genitive Ventilators, plural Ventilatoren)
- fan (device used to induce airflow)
ventilator
ventilator
English
Noun
ventilator (plural ventilators)
- A device that circulates fresh air and expels stale or noxious air.
- (medicine) A respirator.
Translations
device that circulates fresh air and expels stale or noxious air
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respirator — see respirator
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɛntiˈlaːtɔr/
Noun
ventilator m (plural ventilatoren or ventilators, diminutive ventilatortje n)
- fan, ventilator (device that circulates fresh air)
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /wen.tiˈlaː.tor/, [wɛn.tɪˈɫaː.tɔr]
Noun
ventilātor m (genitive ventilātōris); third declension
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
- Dutch: ventilator (borrowed)
- English: ventilator (borrowed)
- Russian: вентиля́тор (ventiljátor) (borrowed)
- Serbo-Croatian: ventìlātor/вентѝла̄тор (borrowed)
Verb
ventilātor
- second-person singular future passive imperative of ventilō
- third-person singular future passive imperative of ventilō
References
- ventilator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowing from French ventilateur.
Noun
ventilator n (plural ventilatoare)
Declension
declension of ventilator
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) ventilator | ventilatorul | (niște) ventilatoare | ventilatoarele |
| genitive/dative | (unui) ventilator | ventilatorului | (unor) ventilatoare | ventilatoarelor |
| vocative | ventilatorule | ventilatoarelor | ||
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From ventilírati.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋentǐlaːtor/
- Hyphenation: ven‧ti‧la‧tor
Noun
ventìlātor m (Cyrillic spelling вентѝла̄тор)
Declension
Declension of ventilator
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ventilator | ventilatori |
| genitive | ventilatora | ventilatora |
| dative | ventilatoru | ventilatorima |
| accusative | ventilator | ventilatore |
| vocative | ventilatoru / ventilatore | ventilatori |
| locative | ventilatoru | ventilatorima |
| instrumental | ventilatorom | ventilatorima |
References
- “ventilator” in Hrvatski jezični portal