inhaler

English

Wikipedia

An inhaler

Etymology

inhale +‎ -er

Noun

inhaler (plural inhalers)

1. One who inhales.
   • 1963, Consumers Union of United States, Consumer reports (volume 28, page 277)

     The exposure of the mouse lungs to smoke was, of course, relatively mild as compared with the exposure of the lungs of a human smoke-inhaler who gets true cancer.

2. (medicine) A device with a canister holding medicine (either in powder or gas form) which is sprayed and inhaled by the patient, often for treating asthma and other respiratory diseases.

Derived terms

• metered-dose inhaler
• dry powder inhaler

Translations

canister containing medicine

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 吸入器 (cmn) (xīrùqì)

• Czech: inhalátor (cs) m
• Dutch: inhalator (nl)
• Finnish: inhalaattori (fi)
• French: inhalateur (fr) m

• German: Inhalator (de) m
• Japanese: 吸入器 (ja) (きゅうにゅうき, kyūnyūki)
• Portuguese: inalador (pt) m, bombinha (pt) f (informal)
• Russian: ингалятор (ru) (ingaljátor) m

Anagrams

• hernial

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /i.na.le/
• Homophones: inhalé, inhalée, inhalées, inhalés, inhalez

Verb

inhaler

1. To inhale.

   Conjugation of inhaler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		inhaler			avoir inhalé
gerund		en inhalant			en ayant inhalé
present participle		inhalant
past participle		inhalé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	inhale	inhales	inhale	inhalons	inhalez	inhalent
	imperfect	inhalais	inhalais	inhalait	inhalions	inhaliez	inhalaient
	past historic1	inhalai	inhalas	inhala	inhalâmes	inhalâtes	inhalèrent
	future	inhalerai	inhaleras	inhalera	inhalerons	inhalerez	inhaleront
	conditional	inhalerais	inhalerais	inhalerait	inhalerions	inhaleriez	inhaleraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	inhale	inhales	inhale	inhalions	inhaliez	inhalent
	imperfect1	inhalasse	inhalasses	inhalât	inhalassions	inhalassiez	inhalassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	inhale	—	inhalons	inhalez	—
1literary tenses

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Latin

Verb

inhāler

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of inhālō