aerator

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér

Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr

Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)bor.

Latin aer

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātuslbor.

English -ate

English aerate

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin -ātor

Old French -eorbor.

Middle English -our

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Latin -torlbor.

English -or

English aerator

From aerate + -or.

Noun

aerator (plural aerators)

1. A device which mixes air with a substance, particularly soil or a liquid.

   Antonym: deaerator

   faucet aerator

2. A device used for charging mineral waters with gas and in making soda water.
3. A fumigator used to bleach grain, destroying fungi and insects.

Derived terms

• faucet aerator
• top aerator

Related terms

• aerate
• aeration

Descendants

• → Polish: aerator

Translations

a device which mixes air with a substance

• Catalan: airejador m
• Finnish: ilmastin
• French: aérateur (fr) m
• German: Belüfter m, Belüftungsanlage (de) f
• Irish: aerthóir m
• Polish: aerator (pl) m
• Portuguese: aerador m
• Romanian: afânător (ro) n

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from English aerator

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /aeˈrator/ [a.eˈra.t̪ɔr]
• Rhymes: -ator
• Syllabification: a‧e‧ra‧tor

Noun

aerator (plural aerator-aerator)

1. aerator

Related terms

• aerasi

Further reading

• “aerator”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér

Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr

Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)bor.

Latin aer

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātuslbor.

English -ate

English aerate

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin -ātor

Old French -eorbor.

Middle English -our

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Latin -torlbor.

English -or

English aeratorbor.

Polish aerator

Borrowed from English aerator. First attested in 1874. By surface analysis, aero- +‎ -ator.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ɛˈra.tɔr/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -atɔr
• Syllabification: a‧e‧ra‧tor

Noun

aerator m inan

1. aerator

   mechaniczny aerator ― mechanical aerator

   aerator powierzchniowy ― surface aerator

   działanie aeratora ― operation of an aerator

Declension

Declension of aerator

	singular	plural
nominative	aerator	aeratory
genitive	aeratora	aeratorów
dative	aeratorowi	aeratorom
accusative	aerator	aeratory
instrumental	aeratorem	aeratorami
locative	aeratorze	aeratorach
vocative	aeratorze	aeratory

Further reading

• “aerator”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• aerator in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French aérateur.

Noun

aerator n (plural aeratoare)

1. aerator

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	aerator	aeratorul	aeratoare	aeratoarele
genitive-dative	aerator	aeratorului	aeratoare	aeratoarelor
vocative	aeratorule		aeratoarelor