aerator
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English
Etymology
Noun
aerator (plural aerators)
- A device which mixes air with a substance, particularly soil or a liquid.
- Antonym: deaerator
- faucet aerator
- A device used for charging mineral waters with gas and in making soda water.
- A fumigator used to bleach grain, destroying fungi and insects.
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- → Polish: aerator
Translations
a device which mixes air with a substance
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English aerator. By surface analysis, aero- + -ator. First attested in 1874.
Pronunciation
Noun
aerator m inan
- aerator
- mechaniczny aerator ― mechanical aerator
- aerator powierzchniowy ― surface aerator
- działanie aeratora ― operation of an aerator
Declension
Declension of aerator
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | aerator | aeratory |
| genitive | aeratora | aeratorów |
| dative | aeratorowi | aeratorom |
| accusative | aerator | aeratory |
| instrumental | aeratorem | aeratorami |
| locative | aeratorze | aeratorach |
| vocative | aeratorze | aeratory |
References
- ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “aerator”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- ^ Gazeta Rolnicza, number R.14, no 17, 1874, page 132
Further reading
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French aérateur.
Noun
aerator n (plural aeratoare)
Declension
Declension of aerator
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) aerator | aeratorul | (niște) aeratoare | aeratoarele |
| genitive/dative | (unui) aerator | aeratorului | (unor) aeratoare | aeratoarelor |
| vocative | aeratorule | aeratoarelor | ||