air-con

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English

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Etymology

Clipping of air conditioning.

Pronunciation

Noun

air-con (uncountable)

  1. (UK, Asia, Australia) An air conditioner or air conditioning.
    • 2023 January 26, Pip Dunn, “Merseyrail '777s' are OK for commuters”, in RAIL, number 988, page 60:
      As I say, it was a very hot day, and I found that the air-con was better on 777013 than either 777001 or 777009. There are, however, no emergency hopper windows, so if the air-con goes down on a hot day, you will cook!

Descendants

  • Brunei Malay: ekon
  • Indonesian: erkon
  • Japanese: エアコン (eakon)
  • Korean: 에어컨 (eeokeon)
  • Tagalog: erkon

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