inflater

English

Etymology

From inflate + -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

inflater (plural inflaters)

1. Someone who inflates.
2. A pump, canister or other source of pressurised gas used to inflate tires.
3. (economics) A cause of inflation.
   • 1864, The Bankers Magazine, volume 19, page 402:

     And the effect of such notes, as inflaters of the currency, would be less than the effect of greenbacks.

Translations

someone who inflates

• Finnish: täyttäjä (fi) (of balloons, etc.)
• German: Aufblaser m
• Romanian: no equivalent term in Romanian, but see cineva cine umflă