aircon

See also: air-con

English

Noun

aircon (countable and uncountable, plural aircons)

1. (UK, Philippines, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Hong Kong, abbreviation, informal) Alternative form of air-con (“air conditioning”).
   • 2015 September 10, Jemima Kiss, “Clean and green, but an electric car can give a driver some shocks”, in The Guardian‎:

     And when I suggested turning the aircon off to make the battery last longer, he threw back his head and laughed; later I read that the car’s economy driving mode does exactly that, turning off aircon to extend the car’s range.

   • 2019 September 9, “Meralco rates down for the fifth straight month”, in Manila Bulletin‎, archived from the original on 22 September 2019:

     using the aircon at mid-setting or at 25 degrees Celsius for maximum efficiency.

Descendants

• → Central Dusun: iikon
• → Brunei Malay: ekon
• → Indonesian: erkon
• → Japanese: エアコン (eakon)
• → Korean: 에어컨 (eeokeon)
• → Tagalog: erkon
• → Tausug: ilkun/irkun

Anagrams

• Carino, Corina, cranio-, racino