English
Pronunciation
- AHD : âr
- IPA : UK [eə(r)] US [ɛɹ]
- SAMPA : /e@(r)/
Homophones
Noun
air (uncountable and countable; plural airs)
- The combination of gases making up the atmosphere of a planet.
- (alchemy) One of the four basic elements.
- (usually in plural) Pretension; snobbishness; pretence that one is better than others.
Translations
gases making up the atmosphere of a planet
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- Japanese: 空気 (くうき, kūki)
- Korean: 공기 [空氣] (gonggi)
- Kurdish: hewa
- Latin: aer
- Lithuanian: oras m
- Malay: udara
- Persian: هَوا (hævā)
- Polish: powietrze n
- Portuguese: ar m
- Romanian: aer n
- Russian: воздух m
- vzduch m
- Slovene: zrak m
- Spanish: aire m
- Swedish: luft c, atmosfär c
- Turkish: hava
- Tupinambá: ybytu
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alchemy: one of the four basic elements
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- Lithuanian: oras m
- Swedish: luft c
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pretension
Verb
to air (aired, aired)
- To bring (something) into contact with the air, so as to freshen or dry it.
Translations
bring something into contact with the air
- Breton: aerañ
- Dutch: luchten
- Finnish: ilmata
- French: aérer
- German: lüften
- Interlingua: aerar
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- Italian: areare
- Polish: wietrzyć , napowietrzać
- Portuguese: arejar
- Romanian: aera , aerisi
- Slovene: zračiti , prezračiti
- Spanish: aerar
- Swedish: lufta
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Related terms
Dutch
Noun
air m
- air (pretension)
French
Noun
air m
- air (gases of the atmosphere)
- tune
- appearance
- air (pretension)
Related terms
Indonesian
Noun
air
- water
