breath

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• brĕth
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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /bɹɛθ/
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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: [bɹ̠wɛθ]
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /bɹeθ/
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• Scotland, Wales: /bɾɛθ/
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• rhymes with -ɛθ
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• Early, Modern: /brɛːθ/
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• Early, Modern: /brɛθ/
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• CMU ARPABET: B R EH1 TH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English breeth, breth, from Old English brǣþ (“odor, scent, stink, exhalation, vapor”), from Proto-West Germanic *brāþi (“vapour, waft, exhalation, breath”) (compare German Brodem (“haze, vapor; breath”), of a different but related formation).

301 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: asemhaling — act or process of breathing
• Albanian: frymëmarrje — act or process of breathing
• Arabic: نَفَس (nafas) — act or process of breathing
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܢܲܦ̮ܫܵܐ (nāfša) — act or process of breathing
• Armenian: շնչառություն (šnčʻaṙutʻyun) — act or process of breathing
• Assamese: উশাহ (uxah) — act or process of breathing
• Assamese: নিশাহ (nixah) — act or process of breathing
• Assamese: উশাহ-নিশাহ (uxah-nixah) — act or process of breathing
• Azerbaijani: nəfəs — act or process of breathing
• Azerbaijani: tənəffüs — act or process of breathing
• Baluchi: ساہ (sáh) — act or process of breathing
• Baluchi: نپس (napas) — act or process of breathing
• Belarusian: дыха́нне (dyxánnje) — act or process of breathing
• Belarusian: дыха́ньне (dyxánʹnje) — act or process of breathing
• Belarusian: узды́х (uzdýx) — act or process of breathing
• Bengali: দম (dom) — act or process of breathing
• Central Bikol: hangos — act or process of breathing
• Bulgarian: ди́шане (díšane) — act or process of breathing
• Catalan: respiració — act or process of breathing
• Catalan: respir — act or process of breathing
• Chinese Mandarin: 呼吸 (hūxī) — act or process of breathing
• Chinese Mandarin: 氣息 /气息 (qìxī) — act or process of breathing
• Czech: dech — act or process of breathing
• Czech: dýchání — act or process of breathing
• Old Czech: dech — act or process of breathing
• Danish: ånde — act or process of breathing
• Dutch: ademhaling — act or process of breathing
• Erzya: лексема (leksema) — act or process of breathing
• Erzya: лекстямо (leksťamo) — act or process of breathing
• Erzya: оймень таргсема (ojmeń targsema) — act or process of breathing
• Evenki: эрин (ərin) — act or process of breathing
• Finnish: hengitys — act or process of breathing
• French: respiration — act or process of breathing
• Galician: alento — act or process of breathing
• Galician: respiración — act or process of breathing
• Galician: folgo — act or process of breathing
• Georgian: სუნთქვა (suntkva) — act or process of breathing
• German: Atmen — act or process of breathing
• German: Atmung — act or process of breathing
• Greek: αναπνοή (anapnoḯ) — act or process of breathing
• Ancient Greek: πνοή (pnoḗ) — act or process of breathing
• Hebrew: נְשִׁימָה (n'shimá) — act or process of breathing
• Hindi: सांस (sāns) — act or process of breathing
• Hindi: श्वास (śvās) — act or process of breathing
• Hindi: दम (dam) — act or process of breathing
• Hindi: नफ़स (nafas) — act or process of breathing
• Hindi: नफस (naphas) — act or process of breathing
• Hungarian: légzés — act or process of breathing
• Icelandic: andi — act or process of breathing
• Indonesian: napas — act or process of breathing
• Irish: anáil — act or process of breathing
• Italian: respiro — act or process of breathing
• Italian: lena — act or process of breathing
• Japanese: 呼吸 (kokyū) — act or process of breathing
• Kazakh: дем (dem) — act or process of breathing
• Kazakh: дем алу (dem alu) — act or process of breathing
• Korean: 숨 (sum) — act or process of breathing
• Korean: 호흡 (hoheup) — act or process of breathing
• Central Kurdish: ھەناسە (henase) — act or process of breathing
• Northern Kurdish: henase — act or process of breathing
• Northern Kurdish: nefes — act or process of breathing
• Northern Kurdish: bêhn — act or process of breathing
• Northern Kurdish: hilm — act or process of breathing
• Kyrgyz: дем алуу (dem aluu) — act or process of breathing
• Kyrgyz: дем тартуу (dem tartuu) — act or process of breathing
• Kyrgyz: дем (dem) — act or process of breathing
• Kyrgyz: ичке дем тартуу (icke dem tartuu) — act or process of breathing
• Kyrgyz: өмүр (ömür) — act or process of breathing
• Kyrgyz: тиричилик (tiricilik) — act or process of breathing
• Kyrgyz: болмуш (bolmuş) — act or process of breathing
• Kyrgyz: жашоо (jaşoo) — act or process of breathing
• Kyrgyz: турмуш (turmuş) — act or process of breathing
• Kyrgyz: желдөө (jeldöö) — act or process of breathing
• Kyrgyz: рух (ruh) — act or process of breathing
• Latgalian: dvašuot — act or process of breathing
• Latin: spīritus — act or process of breathing
• Latvian: elpošana — act or process of breathing
• Latvian: dvašošana — act or process of breathing
• Lithuanian: kvėpavimas — act or process of breathing
• Luxembourgish: Ootmung — act or process of breathing
• Macedonian: дишење (dišenje) — act or process of breathing
• Malay: nafas — act or process of breathing
• Manchu: ᡝᡵᡤᡝᠨ (ergen) — act or process of breathing
• Manx: ennal — act or process of breathing
• Māori: manawa — act or process of breathing
• Marathi: श्वास (śvās) — act or process of breathing
• Muna: feenei — act or process of breathing
• Nanai: эриэн (erien) — act or process of breathing
• Norwegian Bokmål: pust — act or process of breathing
• Norwegian Nynorsk: pust — act or process of breathing
• Occitan: respiracion — act or process of breathing
• Odia: ପ୍ରାଣ (prāṇa) — act or process of breathing
• Old English: ǣþm — act or process of breathing
• Oromo: hafuura — act or process of breathing
• Pashto: سا (sā) — act or process of breathing
• Iranian Persian: نَفَس (nafas) — act or process of breathing
• Iranian Persian: دَم (dam) — act or process of breathing
• Plautdietsch: Odem — act or process of breathing
• Polish: oddech — act or process of breathing
• Polish: oddychanie — act or process of breathing
• Portuguese: respiração — act or process of breathing
• Portuguese: alento — act or process of breathing
• Portuguese: fôlego — act or process of breathing
• Quechua: samay — act or process of breathing
• Romanian: respirație — act or process of breathing
• Russian: дыха́ние (dyxánije) — act or process of breathing
• Russian: вздох (vzdox) — act or process of breathing
• Samoan: mānava — act or process of breathing
• Sanskrit: प्राण (prāṇa) — act or process of breathing
• Serbo-Croatian: да̏х — act or process of breathing
• Serbo-Croatian: ди́са̄ње — act or process of breathing
• Serbo-Croatian: dȁh — act or process of breathing
• Serbo-Croatian: dísānje — act or process of breathing
• Slovak: dýchanie — act or process of breathing
• Slovene: dih — act or process of breathing
• Slovene: dihanje — act or process of breathing
• Somali: neef — act or process of breathing
• Spanish: respiración — act or process of breathing
• Spanish: respiro — act or process of breathing
• Spanish: vaharada — act or process of breathing
• Swedish: andning — act or process of breathing
• Tajik: нафас (nafas) — act or process of breathing
• Tajik: дам (dam) — act or process of breathing
• Tajik: нафаскашӣ (nafaskaši) — act or process of breathing
• Tajik: нафасгирӣ (nafasgiri) — act or process of breathing
• Tamil: மூச்சு (mūccu) — act or process of breathing
• Tausug: napas — act or process of breathing
• Tày: ai — act or process of breathing
• Telugu: శ్వాస (śvāsa) — act or process of breathing
• Telugu: ఊపిరి (ūpiri) — act or process of breathing
• Tetum: nawan — act or process of breathing
• Turkish: nefes — act or process of breathing
• Turkish: soluk — act or process of breathing
• Ottoman Turkish: صولوق (soluk) — act or process of breathing
• Ottoman Turkish: نفس (nefes) — act or process of breathing
• Ottoman Turkish: دم (dam) — act or process of breathing
• Ottoman Turkish: باد (bâd) — act or process of breathing
• Ugaritic: 𐎐𐎔𐎌 (npš) — act or process of breathing
• Ukrainian: диха́ння (dyxánnja) — act or process of breathing
• Ukrainian: дих (dyx) — act or process of breathing
• Urdu: دَم (dam) — act or process of breathing
• Urdu: سان٘س (sā̃s) — act or process of breathing
• Urdu: نَفَس (nafas) — act or process of breathing
• Uzbek: nafas — act or process of breathing
• Uzbek: dam — act or process of breathing
• Vietnamese: hô hấp — act or process of breathing
• Welsh: anadl — act or process of breathing
• Zazaki: fiq — act or process of breathing
• Zazaki: nefes — act or process of breathing
• Albanian: frymë — single act of breathing in and out
• Arabic: نَفَس (nafas) — single act of breathing in and out
• Armenian: շունչ (šunčʻ) — single act of breathing in and out
• Azerbaijani: nəfəs — single act of breathing in and out
• Breton: anal — single act of breathing in and out
• Bulgarian: вди́шване (vdíšvane) — single act of breathing in and out
• Bulgarian: изди́шване (izdíšvane) — single act of breathing in and out
• Catalan: alè — single act of breathing in and out
• Czech: dech — single act of breathing in and out
• Czech: nádech — single act of breathing in and out
• Dutch: adem — single act of breathing in and out
• Dutch: asem — single act of breathing in and out
• Esperanto: spiro — single act of breathing in and out
• Finnish: hengitys — single act of breathing in and out
• Finnish: henkäys — single act of breathing in and out
• French: souffle — single act of breathing in and out
• French: respiration — single act of breathing in and out
• Georgian: ჩასუნთქვა (časuntkva) — single act of breathing in and out
• Georgian: ამოსუნთქვა (amosuntkva) — single act of breathing in and out
• German: Atemzug — single act of breathing in and out
• Greek: αναπνοή (anapnoḯ) — single act of breathing in and out
• Ancient Greek: πνοή (pnoḗ) — single act of breathing in and out
• Haitian Creole: souf — single act of breathing in and out
• Hindi: सांस (sāns) — single act of breathing in and out
• Hindi: दम (dam) — single act of breathing in and out
• Indonesian: napas — single act of breathing in and out
• Italian: respiro — single act of breathing in and out
• Japanese: 呼吸 (kokyū) — single act of breathing in and out
• Japanese: 息 (iki) — single act of breathing in and out
• Central Kurdish: ھەناسە (henase) — single act of breathing in and out
• Macedonian: здив (zdiv) — single act of breathing in and out
• Manx: ennal — single act of breathing in and out
• Norwegian Bokmål: åndedrag — single act of breathing in and out
• Norwegian Bokmål: andedrag — single act of breathing in and out
• Norwegian Nynorsk: andedrag — single act of breathing in and out
• Occitan: alen — single act of breathing in and out
• Old English: ǣþm — single act of breathing in and out
• Iranian Persian: دَم (dam) — single act of breathing in and out
• Plautdietsch: Odem — single act of breathing in and out
• Portuguese: respiração — single act of breathing in and out
• Portuguese: respiro — single act of breathing in and out
• Quechua: sama — single act of breathing in and out
• Romanian: suflu — single act of breathing in and out
• Russian: вздох (vzdox) — single act of breathing in and out
• Spanish: respiración — single act of breathing in and out
• Spanish: aliento — single act of breathing in and out
• Spanish: hálito — single act of breathing in and out
• Spanish: huelgo — single act of breathing in and out
• Spanish: vaho — single act of breathing in and out
• Swedish: andetag — single act of breathing in and out
• Turkish: nefes — single act of breathing in and out
• Ottoman Turkish: صولوق (soluk) — single act of breathing in and out
• Ottoman Turkish: نفس (nefes) — single act of breathing in and out
• Ottoman Turkish: دم (dam) — single act of breathing in and out
• Ottoman Turkish: باد (bâd) — single act of breathing in and out
• Welsh: anadl — single act of breathing in and out
• Welsh: chwyth — single act of breathing in and out
• Albanian: frymë — air expelled from the lungs
• Amharic: ነፍስ (näfs) — air expelled from the lungs
• Armenian: շունչ (šunčʻ) — air expelled from the lungs
• Azerbaijani: nəfəs — air expelled from the lungs
• Central Bikol: hinangos — air expelled from the lungs
• Bulgarian: дъх (dǎh) — air expelled from the lungs
• Bulgarian: диха́ние (dihánie) — air expelled from the lungs
• Catalan: alè — air expelled from the lungs
• Chinese Mandarin: 呼吸 (hūxī) — air expelled from the lungs
• Dutch: adem — air expelled from the lungs
• Dutch: asem — air expelled from the lungs
• Erzya: лекстявкс (leksťavks) — air expelled from the lungs
• Finnish: hengitys — air expelled from the lungs
• Finnish: uloshengitys — air expelled from the lungs
• French: haleine — air expelled from the lungs
• French: souffle — air expelled from the lungs
• Galician: alento — air expelled from the lungs
• Galician: folgo — air expelled from the lungs
• Gallurese: alènu — air expelled from the lungs
• Ge'ez: ነፍስ (näfs) — air expelled from the lungs
• German: Atem — air expelled from the lungs
• Greek: ανάσα (anása) — air expelled from the lungs
• Hebrew: הֶבֶל פֶּה (hével pe) — air expelled from the lungs
• Hungarian: lélegzet — air expelled from the lungs
• Hungarian: lehelet — air expelled from the lungs
• Indonesian: napas — air expelled from the lungs
• Italian: alito — air expelled from the lungs
• Italian: fiato — air expelled from the lungs
• Japanese: 息 (iki) — air expelled from the lungs
• Kabuverdianu: bafu — air expelled from the lungs
• Kabuverdianu: bófe — air expelled from the lungs
• Kazakh: дем (dem) — air expelled from the lungs
• Central Kurdish: ھەناسە (henase) — air expelled from the lungs
• Latvian: dvaša — air expelled from the lungs
• Latvian: elpa — air expelled from the lungs
• Luxembourgish: Otem — air expelled from the lungs
• Macedonian: здив (zdiv) — air expelled from the lungs
• Mansaka: ginawa — air expelled from the lungs
• Mansaka: napas — air expelled from the lungs
• Manx: ennal — air expelled from the lungs
• Occitan: alen — air expelled from the lungs
• Old English: ǣþm — air expelled from the lungs
• Iranian Persian: بازْدَم (bâzdam) — air expelled from the lungs
• Portuguese: hálito — air expelled from the lungs
• Portuguese: bafo — air expelled from the lungs
• Romanian: suflu — air expelled from the lungs
• Romanian: halenă — air expelled from the lungs
• Romanian: alenă — air expelled from the lungs
• Russian: дыха́ние (dyxánije) — air expelled from the lungs
• Russian: вздох (vzdox) — air expelled from the lungs
• Campidanese Sardinian: álidu — air expelled from the lungs
• Sardinian: alènu — air expelled from the lungs
• Sassarese: arenu — air expelled from the lungs
• Slovak: dych — air expelled from the lungs
• Spanish: aliento — air expelled from the lungs
• Spanish: hálito — air expelled from the lungs
• Spanish: huelgo — air expelled from the lungs
• Spanish: vaho — air expelled from the lungs
• Spanish: respiración — air expelled from the lungs
• Swedish: utandning — air expelled from the lungs
• Swedish: andedräkt — air expelled from the lungs
• Turkish: nefes — air expelled from the lungs
• Ottoman Turkish: صولوق (soluk) — air expelled from the lungs
• Ottoman Turkish: نفس (nefes) — air expelled from the lungs
• Ottoman Turkish: دم (dam) — air expelled from the lungs
• Ottoman Turkish: باد (bâd) — air expelled from the lungs
• Unami: lèxeon — air expelled from the lungs
• Vilamovian: ödum — air expelled from the lungs
• Walloon: alinne — air expelled from the lungs
• Walloon: shofla — air expelled from the lungs
• Welsh: anadl — air expelled from the lungs
• Yiddish: אָטעם (otem) — air expelled from the lungs
• Albanian: frymë — rest or pause
• Central Bikol: hangos — rest or pause
• Bulgarian: о́тдих (ótdih) — rest or pause
• Catalan: alè — rest or pause
• Dutch: adempauze — rest or pause
• Dutch: pauze — rest or pause
• Finnish: hengähdystauko — rest or pause
• Finnish: tauko — rest or pause
• German: Atempause — rest or pause
• Greek: ανάσα (anása) — rest or pause
• Macedonian: оддишка (oddiška) — rest or pause
• Occitan: alen — rest or pause
• Iranian Persian: دَم (dam) — rest or pause
• Portuguese: respiro — rest or pause
• Portuguese: folga — rest or pause
• Quechua: sama — rest or pause
• Russian: переды́шка (peredýška) — rest or pause
• Russian: о́тдых (ótdyx) — rest or pause
• Slovak: oddych — rest or pause
• Spanish: respiro — rest or pause
• Swedish: andhämtning — rest or pause
• Finnish: henkäys — small amount
• Portuguese: pingo — small amount