noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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/ˈæt.əˌmaɪz.ə(ɹ)/
US:/ˈæt.əˌmaɪz.ɚ/
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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
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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.
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