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

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.

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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

Further reading

Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

aerosol m (plural aerosols)

  1. aerosol

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

aerosol m inan

  1. aerosol

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia id

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.

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:
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Etymology

From aero- +‎ sol (solution).

Noun

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

  1. an aerosol

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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.[1]

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

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

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ȁerosōl m (Cyrillic spelling а̏еросо̄л)

  1. aerosol

Declension

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