Air

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.2.1 Homophones 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Derived terms 1.6 Related terms 2 Dutch 2.1 Noun 3 French 3.1 Noun 3.2 Related terms 4 Indonesian 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Noun

English

Pronunciation

• AHD: âr
• IPA: (UK) /ɛə(r), (US) /ɛɹ/
• SAMPA: (UK) /E@(r)/
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Etymology

From Ancient Greek αήρ (aer) "wind, atmosphere".

Homophones

• Ayr
• Eire (one pronunciation)
• ere
• err
• heir

Noun

air (uncountable and countable; plural: airs)

1. The combination of gases making up the earth's atmosphere.
2. (alchemy) One of the four basic elements.
3. An emotional feeling.

   • "...to give it an air of artistry and sophistication."

4. (usually in plural) Pretension; snobbishness; pretence that one is better than others.
5. ((physics{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})) Meteorology. The mixture of gases comprising the earth's atmosphere. Since the composition of the atmosphere is slightly variable with respect to certain components, the term "pure air" has no precise meaning, but is commonly used to imply freedom from nongaseous suspensoids (dust, hydrometeors) and also freedom from such gaseous contaminants as industrial effluents.

Source: FM 3-6 Field Behavior of NBC Agents.

Translations

gases making up the atmosphere of a planet

Bosnian: vazduh, zrak m. Breton: aer Bulgarian: въздух (vâzdukh) m. Catalan: aire m. Chemehuevi: nɨ'gar(ɨ) Chinese: 空氣, 空气 (kōngqì) Dutch: lucht f. Esperanto: aero Finnish: ilma French: air m. German: Luft f. Greek:αήρ,αέρας m. Guarani: yvytu Hebrew: אויר m. Icelandic: loft Ido: aero Igbo: ekuku Indonesian: udara Interlingua: aere Italian: aria f. Japanese: 空気 (くうき, kūki)

Korean: 공기 [空氣] (gonggi) Kurdish: hewa Latin: aer Latvian: gaiss m. Lithuanian: oras m. Malay: udara Old English: lyft Persian: هَوا (hævā) Polish: powietrze n. Portuguese: ar m. Romanian: aer n. Russian: воздух m. Serbian: Cyrillic: ваздух, зрак m. Roman: vazduh, zrak m. Slovak: vzduch m. Slovene: zrak m. Spanish: aire m. Swahili: hewa Swedish: luft c., atmosfär c. Telugu: గాలి (gaali) Turkish: hava Tupinambá: ybytu

alchemy: one of the four basic elements

Icelandic: loft Italian: aria f. Lithuanian: oras m. Latvian: gaiss m.

Polish: powietrze n. Slovene: zrak m. Swedish: luft c. Telugu: గాలి (gaali)

Verb

to air (aired, aired)

1. To bring (something) into contact with the air, so as to freshen or dry it.

Translations

bring something into contact with the air

Bosnian: zračiti, izračiti, izvjetriti, luftirati Breton: aerañ Dutch: luchten Finnish: ilmata French: aérer German: lüften Hebrew: לאורר Icelandic: lofta Interlingua: aerar

Italian: aerare Polish: wietrzyć, napowietrzać Portuguese: arejar Romanian: aera, aerisi Serbian: Cyrillic: зрачити, израчити, изветрити, луфтирати Roman: zračiti, izračiti, izvetriti, luftirati Slovene: zračiti, prezračiti Spanish: aerar Swedish: lufta

Derived terms

airbag air base air bed airborne airbrake air bubble airbus air cargo air chamber Air Chief Marshal air cleaner Air Commodore air-conditioned air-conditioner air-conditioning air-cooled air corridor aircraft aircrew air cushion air display airdrome

airdrop air duct airfield air flow air force airframe air freight airgun air hole air hostess airing cupboard air intake air lane airless air letter airlift airline airliner airlock airmail airman Air Marshal

air mattress air navigation airplane air pocket airport air pressure air pump air purifier air raid air rifle airscrew air-sea rescue air shaft airshed airship air show airsick airsickness airspace airspeed airstrike airstrip

airtaxi air terminal airtight air time air-to-air air-to-ground air-to-surface air traffic control air traffic controller air vent Air Vice Marshal airwaves airway airwoman airworthiness airworthy airy give oneself airs in the air on air up in the air

Related terms

• aero-

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Dutch

Noun

air m.

1. air (pretension)

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French

Noun

air m.

1. air (gases of the atmosphere)
2. tune
3. appearance
4. air (pretension)

Related terms

• avoir l'air (to seem)

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Indonesian

Etymology

Common Malayo-Polynesian, compare wai

Noun

air

1. waterde:air

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