transpiration

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French transpiration, from Medieval Latin transpiratio, from transpiro, from Latin trans + spiro.

Pronunciation

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Noun

transpiration (countable and uncountable, plural transpirations)

1. (botany) The loss of water by evaporation in terrestrial plants, especially through the stomata; accompanied by a corresponding uptake from the roots.
2. (physiology) The process of giving off water vapour through the skin or mucous membranes.
3. The passage of gases through fine tubes.

Derived terms

• evapotranspiration
• hypertranspiration
• transpirational

Related terms

• transpire

Translations

botany: the loss of water by evaporation in terrestrial plants

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蒸騰 / 蒸腾 (zh) (zhēngténg)

• French: transpiration (fr) f
• Galician: transpiración (gl) f
• Greek: διαπνοή (el) f (diapnoḯ)
• Hindi: वाष्पोत्सर्जन (hi) m (vāṣpotsarjan)
• Malay: transpirasi
• Māori: tōtārau, tukuwaitanga
• Polish: transpiracja (pl) f
• Tagalog: halmansingaw

physiology: the process of giving off water vapour through the skin or mucous membranes

• Afrikaans: uitwaseming
• French: transpiration (fr) f
• Greek: εφίδρωση (el) f (efídrosi)
• Māori: tukuwaitanga
• Polish: pocenie się n

the passage of gases through fine tubes

• Greek: ανάδοση (el) f (anádosi)
• Polish: transpiracja (pl) f

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin trānspirātiō. By surface analysis, transpirer +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁa.sjɔ̃/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

transpiration f (plural transpirations)

1. (physiology) transpiration (process of giving off water vapour through the skin or mucous membranes)
2. sweat (fluid that exits the body through pores in the skin usually due to physical stress and/or high temperature for the purpose of regulating body temperature and removing certain compounds from the circulation)

   Synonym: sueur

Related terms

• perspiration

Further reading

• “transpiration”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012