gaseous

English

Etymology

From gas +‎ -eous.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡæsiəs/ IPA^(key): /ˈɡæʃəs/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡeisiəs/

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• Rhymes: -æsiəs, -eɪʃəs

Adjective

gaseous (comparative more gaseous, superlative most gaseous)

1. Relating to, or existing as gas (matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma).

   gaseous state

   gaseous emissions

   gaseous substance

   At room temperature, oxygen remains in a gaseous state.

   The mixture produced a gaseous vapor when heated.

2. Of a liquid containing bubbles: gassy.
3. Lacking substance or solidity; tenuous.

   Her gaseous explanations left everyone confused.

Derived terms

• gaseously
• gaseousness
• gaseous phase
• nongaseous
• pseudogaseous
• ultragaseous
• ungaseous

Translations

relating to, or existing as, gas

• Arabic: غازي m (ḡāzī), غازية f (ḡāziyya)

  Egyptian Arabic: غازى m (ḡāzi), غازية f (ḡazéyya)

• Assamese: গেছীয় (gesio), গেছীয়া (gesia)
• Belarusian: га́завы (házavy), газападо́бны (hazapadóbny)
• Bulgarian: га́зов (gázov), газообра́зен (bg) (gazoobrázen)
• Catalan: gasós (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 氣體的 / 气体的 (zh) (qìtǐ de)

• Danish: gasformig, luftformig
• Esperanto: gasa (eo)
• Finnish: kaasumainen (fi)
• French: gazeux (fr)
• Galician: gasoso (gl)
• Georgian: აიროვანი (airovani), აირადი (airadi)
• German: gasförmig (de)
• Greek: αεριώδης (el) (aeriódis)
• Hungarian: gáz-halmazállapotú, gáznemű (hu)
• Irish: gásach
• Italian: gassoso (it)
• Japanese: 気体の (ja) (きたいの, kitai no)
• Korean: 기체의 (ko) (giche'ui)
• Macedonian: гасовит (gasovit)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gassformig

  Nynorsk: gassformig

• Occitan: gasós (oc)
• Polish: gazowy (pl)
• Portuguese: gasoso (pt)
• Romanian: gazos (ro)
• Russian: га́зовый (ru) (gázovyj), газообра́зный (ru) (gazoobráznyj)
• Spanish: gaseoso (es)
• Turkish: gazsal
• Ukrainian: га́зовий (uk) (házovyj), газоподі́бний (hazopodíbnyj)

of a liquid containing bubbles: gassy

• Arabic: غازي m (ḡāzī), غازية f (ḡāziyya)

  Egyptian Arabic: غازى m (ḡāzi), غازية f (ḡazéyya)

• Belarusian: газірава́ны (haziravány)
• Bulgarian: гази́ран (gazíran)
• Catalan: gasós (ca)
• Danish: gasholdig, kulsyreholdig (of carbonated beverages)
• Finnish: kupliva, kaasupitoinen
• French: gazeux (fr)
• Georgian: აიროვანი (airovani), აირადი (airadi)
• German: gashaltig (de), kohlensäurehaltig (de) (of carbonated beverages)
• Greek: αεριούχος (el) (aerioúchos)
• Irish: gásach
• Macedonian: газиран (gaziran)
• Polish: gazowany (pl)
• Portuguese: gasoso (pt), gaseificado (pt)
• Russian: газиро́ванный (ru) (gaziróvannyj)
• Spanish: gaseoso (es)
• Turkish: gazlı (tr)
• Ukrainian: газо́ваний (hazóvanyj)