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atomizer

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈæt.əˌmaɪz.ə(ɹ)/
  • US: /ˈæt.əˌmaɪz.ɚ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: AE1 T AH0 M AY2 Z ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

An instrument for reducing a liquid to spray or vapor for disinfecting, cooling, medical use or perfume spraying.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: atomiser, spray, sprayer, nebulizer, nebuliser

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dispenser

Narrower terms: airbrush

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) Proto-Indo-European *temh1- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek *τομός (*tomós) Ancient Greek ἄτομος (átomos)bor. Latin atomusbor. Middle French athomebor. Middle English attome English atom Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English atomize Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English atomizer From atomize + -er.

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مِرْذَاذ (mirḏāḏ) — instrument for reducing a liquid to spray
  • Arabic: رَذَّاذَة (raḏḏāḏa) — instrument for reducing a liquid to spray
  • Arabic: بَخَّاخَة (baḵḵāḵa) — instrument for reducing a liquid to spray
  • Bulgarian: пулверизатор (pulverizator) — instrument for reducing a liquid to spray
  • Chinese Mandarin: 噴霧器 /喷雾器 (pēnwùqì) — instrument for reducing a liquid to spray
  • Dutch: flitspuit — instrument for reducing a liquid to spray
  • Dutch: verstuiver — instrument for reducing a liquid to spray
  • Finnish: sumutin — instrument for reducing a liquid to spray
  • French: atomiseur — instrument for reducing a liquid to spray
  • German: Zerstäuber — instrument for reducing a liquid to spray
  • Greek: ψεκαστήρας (psekastíras) — instrument for reducing a liquid to spray
  • Hungarian: porlasztó — instrument for reducing a liquid to spray
  • Hungarian: permetező — instrument for reducing a liquid to spray
  • Italian: atomizzatore — instrument for reducing a liquid to spray
  • Japanese: 噴霧器 (funmuki) — instrument for reducing a liquid to spray
  • Korean: 분무기 (bunmugi) — instrument for reducing a liquid to spray
  • Latin: pulverizātor — instrument for reducing a liquid to spray
  • Latin: atomizātor — instrument for reducing a liquid to spray
  • Polish: opryskiwacz — instrument for reducing a liquid to spray
  • Polish: atomizator — instrument for reducing a liquid to spray
  • Polish: atomizer — instrument for reducing a liquid to spray
  • Polish: rozpylacz — instrument for reducing a liquid to spray
  • Portuguese: atomizador — instrument for reducing a liquid to spray
  • Portuguese: pulverizador — instrument for reducing a liquid to spray
  • Romanian: atomizator — instrument for reducing a liquid to spray
  • Russian: пульвериза́тор (pulʹverizátor) — instrument for reducing a liquid to spray
  • Russian: спрей (sprej) — instrument for reducing a liquid to spray
  • Spanish: pulverizador — instrument for reducing a liquid to spray
  • Spanish: atomizador — instrument for reducing a liquid to spray
  • Vietnamese: máy phun/tán — instrument for reducing a liquid to spray