humidify

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin ūmeō

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *-iðos

Latin -idus

Latin ūmidus

Latin hūmidusder.

Old French humideder.

English humid

Latin -i-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *θakos

Proto-Italic *-fakos

Latin -ficus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin -ficō

Latin -ificāreder.

Old French -ifierbor.

Middle English -ifien

English -ify

English humidify

From humid + -ify.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hjuːˈmɪdɪfaɪ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Verb

humidify (third-person singular simple present humidifies, present participle humidifying, simple past and past participle humidified)

1. To increase the humidity in the air.
   • 1949, Proceedings of the ... Consolidated Convention of the International Brotherhood of Boiler Makers, Iron Ship Builders, and Helpers of America, page 159:

     The air-handling equipment humidifies, dehumidifies, and distributes the correct amount of fresh air into every zone and eliminates all smoke, dust, and odors, with electric precipitrons.

Antonyms

• dehumidify

Derived terms

• dehumidification
• dehumidifier
• humidification
• humidifier
• rehumidify

Translations

To increase the humidity in the air.

• Armenian: խոնավացնել (hy) (xonavacʻnel)
• Bulgarian: овлажнявам (bg) (ovlažnjavam)
• Catalan: humidificar
• French: humidifier (fr)
• Galician: humidificar (gl)
• German: befeuchten (de)
• Italian: umidificare (it)
• Portuguese: humidificar (pt) (Portugal), umidificar (pt) (Brazil)
• Spanish: humidificar (es)
• Tagalog: ipahalumigmig