transpiration

English

Etymology

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

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.

Related terms

• transpire

Derived terms

• evapotranspiration
• hypertranspiration
• transpirational

 

Translations

botany: the loss of water by evaporation in terrestrial plants

• French: transpiration (fr) f
• Galician: transpiración (gl) f
• Greek: διαπνοή (el) f (diapnoḯ)
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• Malay: transpirasi
• Maori: tōtārau
• Tagalog: halmansingaw

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

• Afrikaans: uitwaseming
• French: transpiration (fr) f
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• Greek: εφίδρωση (el) f (efídrosi)

the passage of gases through fine tubes

• Greek: ανάδοση (el) f (anádosi)
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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin transpiratio, transpirationem, from transpiro, from Latin trans + spiro.

Pronunciation

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Noun

transpiration f (plural transpirations)

1. transpiration
2. sweat (bodily fluid)

Synonyms

• sueur

Related terms

• transpirer

Further reading

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