respirator
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respirator 
respirator
See also: respirátor
English
Etymology
Noun
respirator (plural respirators)
- A device designed to allow breathing when it would otherwise be hindered, as by a medical condition or the presence of poisonous vapors.
- Hyponym: ventilator
- The house painters were each officially required to wear a respirator, but this was sometimes disregarded in the extreme heat.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
device to allow breathing
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Anagrams
Danish
Noun
respirator c (singular definite respiratoren, plural indefinite respiratorer)
Declension
Declension of respirator
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | respirator | respiratoren | respiratorer | respiratorerne |
| genitive | respirators | respiratorens | respiratorers | respiratorernes |
Further reading
Latin
Verb
respīrātor
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from French respirateur.
Pronunciation
Noun
respirator m inan
Declension
Declension of respirator
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | respirator | respiratory |
| genitive | respiratora | respiratorów |
| dative | respiratorowi | respiratorom |
| accusative | respirator | respiratory |
| instrumental | respiratorem | respiratorami |
| locative | respiratorze | respiratorach |
| vocative | respiratorze | respiratory |
Further reading
- respirator in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- respirator in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French respiratoire. By surface analysis, respira + -tor.
Adjective
respirator m or n (feminine singular respiratoare, masculine plural respiratori, feminine and neuter plural respiratoare)
Declension
Declension of respirator
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | respirator | respiratoare | respiratori | respiratoare | ||
| definite | respiratorul | respiratoarea | respiratorii | respiratoarele | |||
| genitive/ dative |
indefinite | respirator | respiratoare | respiratori | respiratoare | ||
| definite | respiratorului | respiratoarei | respiratorilor | respiratoarelor | |||
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Noun
respìrātor m (Cyrillic spelling респѝра̄тор)
Declension
Declension of respirator
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | respirator | respiratori |
| genitive | respiratora | respiratora |
| dative | respiratoru | respiratorima |
| accusative | respirator | respiratore |
| vocative | respiratoru / respiratore | respiratori |
| locative | respiratoru | respiratorima |
| instrumental | respiratorom | respiratorima |
Swedish
Noun
respirator c
Declension
| Declension of respirator | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | respirator | respiratorn | respiratorer | respiratorerna |
| Genitive | respirators | respiratorns | respiratorers | respiratorernas |