aerosol

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See also: Aerosol and aérosol

English

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Etymology

From aero- +‎ sol (“solution”).

Pronunciation

Noun

aerosol (plural aerosols)

  1. A mixture of fine solid particles or liquid droplets suspended in a gaseous medium.
    Examples of common aerosols are mist, fog, and smoke.
  2. An aerosol can.
  3. The payload (e.g. insecticide, paint, oil, cosmetics) and propellant contained by an aerosol can.
  4. (physics) A colloidal system in which the dispersed phase is composed of either solid or liquid particles and in which the dispersal medium is some gas, usually air.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Cebuano: ayrosol
  • → Irish: aerasól
  • → Punjabi: ਐਰੋਸੋਲ (airosol)
  • → Welsh: erosol

Translations

aerosol can — see aerosol can

Verb

aerosol (third-person singular simple present aerosols, present participle aerosoling, simple past and past participle aerosoled)

  1. (transitive) To spray with an aerosol.
    • 1958, Cooperative Economic Insect Report, page 727:
      The door entrance and space going up the steps was aerosoled just before passengers started to enter. A second spray was given after they were aboard.

Translations

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References

Anagrams

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish aerosol (“aerosol”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aeɾos̺ol/
  • Rhymes: -os̺ol
  • Hyphenation: a‧e‧ro‧sol

Noun

aerosol inan

  1. aerosol
  2. aerosol can

Declension

Declension of aerosol (inanimate, ending in consonant)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive aerosol aerosola aerosolak
ergative aerosolek aerosolak aerosolek
dative aerosoli aerosolari aerosolei
genitive aerosolen aerosolaren aerosolen
comitative aerosolekin aerosolarekin aerosolekin
causative aerosolengatik aerosolarengatik aerosolengatik
benefactive aerosolentzat aerosolarentzat aerosolentzat
instrumental aerosolez aerosolaz aerosolez
inessive aerosoletan aerosolean aerosoletan
locative aerosoletako aerosoleko aerosoletako
allative aerosoletara aerosolera aerosoletara
terminative aerosoletaraino aerosoleraino aerosoletaraino
directive aerosoletarantz aerosolerantz aerosoletarantz
destinative aerosoletarako aerosolerako aerosoletarako
ablative aerosoletatik aerosoletik aerosoletatik
partitive aerosolik — —
prolative aerosoltzat — —

Further reading

  • "aerosol" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus

Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

aerosol m (plural aerosols)

  1. aerosol

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

aerosol m inan

  1. aerosol

Declension

Declension of aerosol (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative aerosol aerosoly
genitive aerosolu aerosolů
dative aerosolu aerosolům
accusative aerosol aerosoly
vocative aerosole aerosoly
locative aerosolu aerosolech
instrumental aerosolem aerosoly

Derived terms

Further reading

  • aerosol in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • aerosol in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • aerosol in Internetová jazyková příručka

Indonesian

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Etymology

Affixed aero- +‎ *sol, from English aerosol.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: aé‧ro‧sol

Noun

aerosol (plural aerosol-aerosol, first-person possessive aerosolku, second-person possessive aerosolmu, third-person possessive aerosolnya)

  1. (chemistry, physics) aerosol.

Related terms

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

From aero- +‎ sol.

Noun

aerosol m (invariable)

  1. aerosol (all senses)

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology

From aero- +‎ sol (solution).

Noun

aerosol m (definite singular aerosolen, indefinite plural aerosoler, definite plural aerosolene)

  1. an aerosol

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Wikipedia nn

Etymology

From aero- +‎ sol (solution).

Noun

aerosol m (definite singular aerosolen, indefinite plural aerosolar, definite plural aerosolane)

  1. an aerosol

References

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Aerosol. First attested in 1932.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ɛˈrɔ.sɔl/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔsɔl
  • Syllabification: a‧e‧ro‧sol

Noun

aerosol m inan

  1. (rare) Alternative form of aerozol

Declension

Declension of aerosol
singular plural
nominative aerosol aerosole
genitive aerosolu aerosoli
dative aerosolowi aerosolom
accusative aerosol aerosole
instrumental aerosolem aerosolami
locative aerosolu aerosolach
vocative aerosolu aerosole

References

  1. ^ Alexander Lustig (1932) Patologja ogólna i klinika zagazowań bojowych‎, page 262

Further reading

  • aerosol in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French aérosol.

Noun

aerosol m (plural aerosoli)

  1. aerosol

Declension

Declension of aerosol
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) aerosol aerosolul (niște) aerosoli aerosolii
genitive/dative (unui) aerosol aerosolului (unor) aerosoli aerosolilor
vocative aerosolule aerosolilor

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /âerosoːl/
  • Hyphenation: a‧e‧ro‧sol

Noun

ȁerosōl m (Cyrillic spelling а̏еросо̄л)

  1. aerosol

Declension

Declension of aerosol
singular plural
nominative aerosol aerosoli
genitive aerosola aerosola
dative aerosolu aerosolima
accusative aerosol aerosole
vocative aerosole aerosoli
locative aerosolu aerosolima
instrumental aerosolom aerosolima

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aeɾoˈsol/
  • Rhymes: -ol
  • Syllabification: a‧e‧ro‧sol

Noun

aerosol m (plural aerosoles)

  1. aerosol (gaseous or airborne cloud of particulate matter)

Derived terms

Further reading

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