expiration

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French expiration, from Latin exspīrātiōnem, accusative singular of exspīrātiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛk.spəˈɹeɪ.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.

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

• (breathing out): inspiration, inhalation

Derived terms

• expiration date

Related terms

• expiry
• expire

Translations

act of expiring

• Armenian: ժամկետի լրացում (žamketi lracʻum), սպառում (spaṙum)
• Czech: expirace (cs) f
• Finnish: erääntyminen (fi), umpeutuminen
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• 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)
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• 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
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• Italian: esalazione (it) f

last emission of breath; death

• Bulgarian: последно издихание n (posledno izdihanie)
• Finnish: viimeinen henkäys
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• 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
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• Greek: λήξη (el) f (líxi)
• Italian: cessazione (it) f, espirazione (it) f, scadenza (it) f

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

• Italian: respiro (it) m
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French

Etymology

From Middle French expiration, borrowed from Latin exspīrātiōnem, accusative singular of exspīrātiō.

Pronunciation

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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.