ventilation

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French ventilation, from Old French ventilacion, from Late Latin ventilatio, from Latin ventilo. Morphologically ventilate +‎ -ion

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌvɛntɪˈleɪʃ(ə)n/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

ventilation (countable and uncountable, plural ventilations)

1. The replacement of stale or noxious air with fresh.
   • 1991, Robert DeNiro (actor), Backdraft:

     So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before or after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline?

2. The mechanical system used to circulate and replace air.
3. An exchange of views during a discussion.
4. The public exposure of an issue or topic.
   • 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London, New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:

     "No, Mr. Malone, I will place no restriction upon your correspondence, since the ventilation of the facts is the object of your journey; but I demand that you shall give no particulars as to your exact destination, and that nothing be actually published until your return."

5. The bodily process of breathing; the inhalation of air to provide oxygen, and the exhalation of spent air to remove carbon dioxide.
6. (medicine) The mechanical system used to assist breathing.

Related terms

• ventilate

Translations

replacement of stale or noxious air with fresh

• Arabic: تَهْوِيَة f (tahwiya)
• Bulgarian: проветрение n (provetrenie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 通風／通风 (zh) (tōngfēng), 通氣／通气 (zh) (tōngqì)

• Finnish: tuuletus (fi), ilmanvaihto (fi)
• French: ventilation (fr) f, aération (fr) f
• Georgian: ვენტილაცია (venṭilacia), განიავება (ganiaveba)
• German: Lüftung (de) f
• Greek: εξαερισμός (el) m (exaerismós), αερισμός (el) m (aerismós)
• Irish: aeráil f, aerú m
• Japanese: 通風 (ja) (つうふう, tsūfū), 換気 (ja) (かんき, kanki)
• Korean: 통풍 (tongpung), 환기 (ko) (hwan'gi)
• Latin: ventilatio f
• Macedonian: проветру́вање n (provetrúvanje)
• Romanian: aerisire (ro) f, ventilație (ro) f
• Russian: вентиля́ция (ru) f (ventiljácija), прове́тривание (ru) n (provétrivanije), воздухообме́н (ru) m (vozduxoobmén) (exchange of air)
• Spanish: ventilación (es) f
• Swedish: luftväxling c, ventilation (sv) c
• Ukrainian: вентиля́ція (ventyljácija)

mechanical system used to circulate and replace air

• Arabic: تَهْوِيَة f (tahwiya)
• Bengali: বায়ুচলন (baẏucolon)
• Bulgarian: вентилация f (ventilacija)
• Finnish: ilmanvaihto (fi), ilmanvaihtojärjestelmä, tuuletusjärjestelmä
• French: ventilation (fr) f, aération (fr) f
• Georgian: ვენტილაცია (venṭilacia), განიავება (ganiaveba)
• German: Lüftung (de) f
• Greek: εξαερισμός (el) m (exaerismós)
• Indonesian: ventilasi (id)
• Italian: ventilazione (it)
• Macedonian: вентила́ција f (ventilácija)
• Polish: wentylacja (pl) f, nawiew m
• Portuguese: ventilação (pt)
• Romanian: ventilație (ro) f
• Russian: вентиля́ция (ru) f (ventiljácija)
• Spanish: ventilación (es) f

exchange of views during a discussion

• Finnish: mielipiteenvaihto
• French: confrontation (fr) f
• Georgian: განხილვა (ganxilva), გარჩევა (garčeva), დისკუსია (disḳusia)
• Greek: ελεύθερη συζήτηση f (eléftheri syzítisi)
• Macedonian: диску́сија f (diskúsija)
• Russian: обсужде́ние (ru) n (obsuždénije), диску́ссия (ru) f (diskússija)
• Spanish: ventilación (es) f, discusión (es) f, intercambio (es) m

breathing

• Bulgarian: дишане (bg) n (dišane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 換氣／换气 (zh) (huànqì), 呼吸 (zh) (hūxī)

• Finnish: hengitys (fi)
• French: respiration (fr) f, ventilation (fr)
• Georgian: სუნთქვა (suntkva)
• Greek: αναπνοή (el) f (anapnoḯ)
• Italian: ventilazione (it)
• Japanese: 換気 (ja) (かんき, kanki), 呼吸 (ja) (こきゅう, kokyū)
• Macedonian: ди́шење n (díšenje)
• Portuguese: ventilação (pt)
• Russian: дыха́ние (ru) n (dyxánije), воздухообме́н (ru) m (vozduxoobmén) (exchange of air)
• Spanish: ventilación (es) f

Anagrams

• antiviolent

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin ventilātiōnem, from Latin ventilō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɑ̃.ti.la.sjɔ̃/

• Audio

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Noun

ventilation f (plural ventilations)

1. ventilation: replacement of stale or noxious air with fresh
2. ventilation: mechanical system used to circulate and replace air
3. repartition

Related terms

• ventiler

Further reading

• “ventilation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Interlingua

Noun

ventilation (uncountable)

1. ventilation