air conditioning

See also: airconditioning and air-conditioning

English

Alternative forms

• air-conditioning, airconditioning

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɹ kənˈdɪː.ʃəˌnɪŋ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Etymology 1

From air +‎ conditioning.

Noun

air conditioning (usually uncountable, plural air conditionings)

1. The state of temperature and humidity produced by an air conditioner.

   Synonym: A/C (abbreviation)

   • 2012, Wei Guo Pan, Yong Guang Li, Yong Li (editors), Progress in Renewable and Sustainable Energy, page 5:

     As a consequence, the improved evaporation temperature cycle is not only applicable to a variety of air conditionings using lithium bromide absorption chillers, but also provides a way to improve energy efficiency of solar-driven absorption chiller utilizing low quality heat sources [11].

2. An air conditioner or system of air conditioners.

   Synonym: A/C (abbreviation)

   This car has air conditioning.

Derived terms

• HVAC

Related terms

• air-condition
• air conditioner

Translations

the state of temperature and humidity produced by an air conditioner

• Arabic: تَكْيِيف m (takyīf)

  Hijazi Arabic: تَكْيِيف m (takyīf)

  Moroccan Arabic: كليمتيزسيون (klīmatīzasyon)

• Bengali: শীতাতপ (bn) (śitatop), শীততাপ (bn) (śitotap)
• Bulgarian: климатиза́ция f (klimatizácija)
• Catalan: condicionament de l'aire m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 冷氣 / 冷气 (laang⁵ hei³)

  Mandarin: 空調 / 空调 (zh) (kōngtiáo)

• Danish: aircondition c
• Dutch: klimaatregeling (nl) m, airconditioning (nl) m, airco (nl) c
• Faroese: luftskiftisskipan
• Finnish: ilmastointi (fi)
• French: climatisation (fr) f
• Galician: aire acondicionado m
• Georgian: ჰაერის კონდიცირება (haeris ḳondicireba)
• German: Klimatisierung f
• Greek: κλιματισμός (el) m (klimatismós)
• Haitian Creole: èkondisyone
• Hungarian: légkondicionálás (hu)
• Icelandic: loftkæling (is) f
• Japanese: 空調 (ja) (くうちょう, kūchō)
• Macedonian: климатиза́ција f (klimatizácija)
• Norman: clyînmatisâtion f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: klimaanlegg, aircondition (no), luftkondisjonering

  Nynorsk: klimaanlegg, aircondition, luftkondisjonering

• Plautdietsch: Loftkjeelunk f
• Portuguese: ar condicionado (pt) m
• Romanian: aer condiționat (ro) n
• Russian: кондициони́рование (ru) n (kondicionírovanije) (во́здуха)
• Spanish: aire acondicionado (es) m
• Swedish: luftkonditionering (sv) c
• Ukrainian: кондиціюва́ння n (kondycijuvánnja), кондиціонува́ння n (kondycionuvánnja)
• Welsh: aerdymheru (cy) m

an air conditioner or system of air conditioners — see also air conditioner

• Albanian: kondicioner m
• Arabic: تَكْيِيف m (takyīf)
• Armenian: օդափոխում (hy) (ōdapʻoxum), օդորակիչ (hy) (ōdorakičʻ)
• Azerbaijani: kondisioner
• Belarusian: кандыцыяне́р m (kandycyjanjér)
• Bulgarian: климати́к m (klimatík)
• Burmese: လေညှိခြင်း (lehnyi.hkrang:)
• Catalan: aire condicionat (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 冷氣 / 冷气 (laang⁵ hei³), 冷氣機 / 冷气机 (laang⁵ hei³ gei¹)

  Mandarin: 空調 / 空调 (zh) (kōngtiáo), 空調装置 (kōngtiáo zhuāngzhì), 冷氣機 / 冷气机 (zh) (lěngqìjī)

• Czech: klimatizace (cs) f
• Dutch: klimaatregelaar (nl) m, airconditioning (nl) m
• Finnish: ilmastointi (fi), ilmastointilaite (fi)
• French: climatiseur (fr) m
• Galician: aire acondicionado m
• Georgian: ჰაერის კონდიციონერი (haeris ḳondicioneri)
• German: Klimaanlage (de) f
• Greek: κλιματιστικό (el) n (klimatistikó), κλιματισμός (el) m (klimatismós)
• Hebrew: מיזוג אוויר
• Hindi: वातानुकूलन m (vātānukūlan), कूलर m (kūlar), ए॰ सी॰ f (e. sī.)
• Italian: aria condizionata f
• Japanese: エアコン (ja) (eakon) 冷房 (ja) (れいぼう, reibō), 空調設備 (くうちょうせつび, kūchō setsubi)
• Khmer: ម៉ាស៊ីនត្រជាក់ (maasɨn trɑcĕək)
• Korean: 공기조화(空氣調和) (gonggijohwa), 에어컨 (ko) (eeokeon)
• Lao: ແອເຢັນ (ʼǣ yen)
• Luxembourgish: Klimaanlag f
• Macedonian: климатизе́р m (klimatizér), климатизација f (klimatizacija)
• Malay: penyaman udara
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: klimaanlegg n

• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: تَهْوِیِهٔ مَطْبوع (tahviye-ye matbu'), کولِر (kuler)

• Polish: klimatyzacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: ar condicionado (pt) m
• Romanian: aer condiționat (ro) n
• Russian: кондиционе́р (ru) m (kondicionér)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: климатиза́ција f

  Latin: klimatizácija (sh) f

• Slovak: klimatizácia f
• Slovene: klimatska naprava f
• Spanish: aire acondicionado (es) m, climatizador (es) m, climatización (es) f
• Swedish: luftkonditionering (sv) c
• Tagalog: erkon
• Thai: แอร์ (th) (ɛɛ), เครื่องปรับอากาศ (th) (krʉ̂ʉang-bpràp-aa-gàat)
• Turkish: iklimlendirme
• Ukrainian: кондиціоне́р m (kondycionér)
• Urdu: اِیَر کَنْڈِیشْنِن٘گ (iyar kanḍīśniṅg), کُولَر m (kūlar), اے سی f (e sī)
• Vietnamese: điều hoà (vi), điều hoà không khí, máy lạnh (vi)
• Welsh: aerdymheru (cy) m, aerdymherwr (cy) m

process

• Spanish: acondicionamiento aéreo m, climatización (es) f
• Welsh: aerdymheru (cy) m

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

air conditioning

1. present participle and gerund of air condition