air intake

English

Noun

air intake (plural air intakes)

1. An inlet for air; the part of an engine, especially a jet engine, through which air is drawn.
   • 1958 July, “German Railbuses for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 501:

     The air intake to the engine is through an exchangeable filter element fitted in an accessible position in the vestibule.

Translations

inlet for air

• Danish: luftintag n
• Finnish: ilmanottoaukko
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: luftinntak n

  Nynorsk: luftinntak n