ventilator
English
noun
Definitions
- A device that circulates fresh air and expels stale or noxious air.
- (medicine) A machine that moves breathable air into and out of the lungs of a patient who is unable to breathe sufficiently.
- (obsolete) A play or an actor so bad as to empty the theater.
Etymology
Suffix from English ventilate root from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (blow).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂weh₁-
Gloss
blow
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aero- English
- hyperventilate English
- hypoventilate English
- microventilate English
- microventilator English
- reventilate English
- ventilatable English
- ventilate English
- ventilative English
- aptus Latin
- vannus Latin
- ventilāre Latin
- ventilātor Latin
- ventilātus Latin
- ventus Latin
- ventōsus Latin
- āēr Latin
- ventilieren German
- venticello Italian
- ventolare Italian
- ventilator Dutch, Flemish
- ventileren Dutch, Flemish
- ventilateur French
- ventiler French
- éventer French
- ventilador Spanish, Castilian
- ventilar Spanish, Castilian
- ἀέρος Ancient Greek
- ἀήρ Ancient Greek
- ἀθλέω Ancient Greek
- ἀθλητής Ancient Greek
- ἀτμός Ancient Greek
- ἄθλημα Ancient Greek
- ἆθλον Ancient Greek
- ἆθλος Ancient Greek
- ἠεροειδής Ancient Greek
- *h₂weh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂weh₁-yús Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂wéh₁n̥tos Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂wéh₁n̥ts Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂wḗh₁ti Proto-Indo-European
- *wēaną Proto-Germanic
- *wēngijaz Proto-Germanic
- वा Sanskrit
- hvirfilvindr Old Norse
- *větrъ Proto-Slavic
- वेंटिलेटर Hindi
- ventilator Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- bentilador Cebuano
- prifwynt Welsh
- vantilatör Turkish
- fet Old Irish
- bentilador Tagalog
- vetëtin Albanian
- *HwaHyúš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *watnos Proto-Italic
- vėjas Lithuanian
- *aweita Proto-Albanian
- *awuòr Proto-Albanian
- *wetrā Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *wētras Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *wḗˀtei Proto-Balto-Slavic
- ventixeu Ligurian
- vantilater Mauritian Creole
- bentilador Bikol Central
- bentilador Yogad