aerosol

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See also: Aerosol and aérosol

English[edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

From aero- +‎ sol (solution).

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Noun[edit]

aerosol (plural aerosols)

  1. A mixture of fine solid particles or liquid droplets suspended in a gaseous medium.
    Examples of common aerosols are mist, fog, and smoke.
  2. An aerosol can.
  3. The payload (e.g. insecticide, paint, oil, cosmetics) and propellant contained by an aerosol can.
  4. (physics) A colloidal system in which the dispersed phase is composed of either solid or liquid particles and in which the dispersal medium is some gas, usually air.

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Descendants[edit]

  • Cebuano: ayrosol
  • Irish: aerasól
  • Punjabi: ਐਰੋਸੋਲ (airosol)
  • Welsh: erosol

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Verb[edit]

aerosol (third-person singular simple present aerosols, present participle aerosoling, simple past and past participle aerosoled)

  1. (transitive) To spray with an aerosol.
    • 1958, Cooperative Economic Insect Report, page 727:
      The door entrance and space going up the steps was aerosoled just before passengers started to enter. A second spray was given after they were aboard.

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Basque[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish aerosol (aerosol).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /aeɾos̺ol/ [a.e.ɾo.s̺ol]
  • Rhymes: -os̺ol
  • Hyphenation: a‧e‧ro‧sol

Noun[edit]

aerosol inan

  1. aerosol
  2. aerosol can

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Further reading[edit]

  • "aerosol" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus

Catalan[edit]

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Noun[edit]

aerosol m (plural aerosols)

  1. aerosol

Czech[edit]

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aerosol m inan

  1. aerosol

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Further reading[edit]

  • aerosol in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • aerosol in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • aerosol in Internetová jazyková příručka

Indonesian[edit]

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia id

Etymology[edit]

Affixed aero- +‎ *sol, from English aerosol.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [aeˈrosɔl]
  • Hyphenation: aé‧ro‧sol

Noun[edit]

aerosol (plural aerosol-aerosol, first-person possessive aerosolku, second-person possessive aerosolmu, third-person possessive aerosolnya)

  1. (chemistry, physics) aerosol.

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From aero- +‎ sol.

Noun[edit]

aerosol m (invariable)

  1. aerosol (all senses)

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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology[edit]

From aero- +‎ sol (solution).

Noun[edit]

aerosol m (definite singular aerosolen, indefinite plural aerosoler, definite plural aerosolene)

  1. an aerosol

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology[edit]

From aero- +‎ sol (solution).

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aerosol m (definite singular aerosolen, indefinite plural aerosolar, definite plural aerosolane)

  1. an aerosol

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Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from German Aerosol. First attested in 1932.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /a.ɛˈrɔ.sɔl/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔsɔl
  • Syllabification: a‧e‧ro‧sol

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aerosol m inan

  1. (rare) Alternative form of aerozol

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Alexander Lustig (1932) Patologja ogólna i klinika zagazowań bojowych[1], page 262

Further reading[edit]

  • aerosol in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French aérosol.

Noun[edit]

aerosol m (plural aerosoli)

  1. aerosol

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Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /âerosoːl/
  • Hyphenation: a‧e‧ro‧sol

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ȁerosōl m (Cyrillic spelling а̏еросо̄л)

  1. aerosol

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Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /aeɾoˈsol/ [a.e.ɾoˈsol]
  • Rhymes: -ol
  • Syllabification: a‧e‧ro‧sol

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aerosol m (plural aerosoles)

  1. aerosol (gaseous or airborne cloud of particulate matter)

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