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respirator

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See also: respirátor

English

Etymology

From respirate + -or.

Noun

respirator (plural respirators)

  1. A device to assist breathing.
    1. (especially occupational safety and health) A facemask with integrated filter(s) to keep out harmful dusts, fumes, and mists.
      Hypernyms: personal protective equipment, PPE
      Any N95 respirator is designed to filter out 95 percent of particles 0.3 microns or larger.
      The painters in the paint booth were wearing the kind of respirators with dual filter canisters.
      • 2006 April 8, Rick Weiss, “Nanotech Raises Worker-Safety Questions”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 October 2022:
        Similarly, a few studies have suggested that high-quality respirators can trap 95 percent of nanoparticles. But "whether 95 percent efficiency is good enough or not is still open to discussion," said Hung Min Chein of the Industrial Technology Research Institute in Chutung, Taiwan, who is studying the issue.
      • 2020 March 30, Andrew Jacobs, Rachel Abrams, “Hive Mind of Makers Rises to Meet Pandemic”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
        A national hive mind has come to life on an open source Facebook group where hundreds of strangers trade tips on making respirator masks with baby wipes and paper towels, []

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Danish

Noun

respirator c (singular definite respiratoren, plural indefinite respiratorer)

  1. respirator

Declension

More information common gender, singular ...

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Latin

Verb

respīrātor

  1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of respīrō

Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from French respirateur.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɛs.piˈra.tɔr/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -atɔr
  • Syllabification: res‧pi‧ra‧tor

Noun

respirator m inan

  1. ventilator (machine that moves breathable air into and out of the lungs of a patient who is unable to breathe sufficiently)
  2. respirator (device designed to allow breathing when it would otherwise be hindered, as by a medical condition or the presence of poisonous vapors)

Declension

Further reading

  • respirator in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • respirator in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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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)

  1. respiratory

Declension

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /respǐraːtor/
  • Hyphenation: res‧pi‧ra‧tor

Noun

respìrātor m inan (Cyrillic spelling респѝра̄тор)

  1. respirator

Declension

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Swedish

Noun

respirator c

  1. respirator

Declension

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