perspiration
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Etymology [edit]
From French perspiration, from perspirer (“perspire”), from Latin perspirare (“to blow or breathe constantly”), from per (“through”) + spirare (“to breathe, blow”)
Pronunciation [edit]
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun [edit]
perspiration (usually uncountable; plural perspirations)
- the action or process of perspiring
- a saline fluid secreted by the sweat glands
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Translations [edit]
process of perspiring
sweat — see sweat