expiration

English

Etymology

From Middle English expiracioun, exspiracioun (“vapor, breath”), from Latin expīrātiōnem, exspīrātiōnem, accusative singular of expīrātiō, exspīrātiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛk.spəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (Philippines, nonstandard) IPA^(key): /ˌɛk.spaɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

expiration (countable and uncountable, plural expirations)

1. The act of expiring.
2. The act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth

   respiration consists of inspiration and expiration

3. Emission of volatile matter; exhalation.
4. (euphemistic) The last emission of breath; death.
5. A cessation, extinction, ending
6. That which is produced by breathing out, as a sound.

Usage notes

• In most senses, mainly US; UK equivalent is expiry.
• The pronunciation based on that of expire is common in Philippine English, but is otherwise proscribed elsewhere.

Synonyms

• (breathing out): exhalation
• (cessation): termination, end

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “breathing out”): inspiration, inhalation

Derived terms

• expiration date

Related terms

• expiry
• expire

Translations

act of expiring

• Armenian: ժամկետի լրացում (žamketi lracʻum), սպառում (hy) (spaṙum)
• Catalan: expiració f
• Czech: expirace (cs) f
• Finnish: erääntyminen (fi), umpeutuminen (fi)
• French: expiration (fr) f
• Italian: espirazione (it) f
• Spanish: expiración (es) f

act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth; as, respiration consists of inspiration and expiration

• Afrikaans: uitasem
• Assamese: নিশাহ (nixah)
• Bulgarian: издишване n (izdišvane)
• Czech: výdech m
• Finnish: ekspiraatio (fi), uloshengitys (fi)
• French: expiration (fr) f
• Greek: εκπνοή (el) (ekpnoḯ)
• Italian: respirazione (it) f
• Swedish: exspiration (sv)
• Tagalog: luwashingahan

emission of volatile matter; exhalation

• Bulgarian: изтичане (bg) n (iztičane)
• French: expiration (fr) f
• Italian: esalazione (it) f

last emission of breath; death

• Bulgarian: последно издихание n (posledno izdihanie)
• Finnish: viimeinen henkäys
• Italian: cessazione (it) f

coming to a close; cessation; extinction; termination; end

• Bulgarian: изтичане (bg) n (iztičane), свършване (bg) n (svǎršvane)
• French: expiration (fr) f
• Greek: λήξη (el) f (líxi)
• Italian: cessazione (it) f, espirazione (it) f, scadenza (it) f
• Sanskrit: ⦃⦃t+¦sa¦उपरम¦m¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦⦄⦄

That which is expired; matter breathed forth; that which is produced by breathing out

• Italian: respiro (it) m

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French expiration, borrowed from Latin exspīrātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

expiration f (plural expirations)

1. expiration (act of expiring)
2. expiration (act of breathing out)
3. expiration (end)

Related terms

• expirer

Further reading

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