ventilateur

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English ventilator, calque of Latin ventilātōrem. By surface analysis, ventiler +‎ -ateur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɑ̃.ti.la.tœʁ/

• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

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Noun

ventilateur m (plural ventilateurs)

1. ventilator, fan
2. pedestal fan

Related terms

• ventilation

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: vantilatè

Further reading

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