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breath test

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An official test to determine if someone has taken alcohol or drugs by testing a sample of their exhaled breath.

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Across languages

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20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Basque: alkoholemia-kontrol — test
  • Catalan: control d'alcoholèmia — test
  • Catalan: test d'alcoholèmia — test
  • Chinese Mandarin: 呼吸試驗 /呼吸试验 (hūxī shìyàn) — test
  • Dutch: alcoholcontrole — test
  • Finnish: puhalluskoe — test
  • French: contrôle d'alcoolémie — test
  • French: contrôle de l'alcoolémie — test
  • Galician: control de alcoholemia — test
  • German: Alkoholkontrolle — test
  • Greek: αλκοτέστ (alkotést) — test
  • Italian: controllo alcolemico — test
  • Italian: controllo dell'alcolemia — test
  • Portuguese: teste do bafômetro — test
  • Portuguese: teste de alcoolemia — test
  • Portuguese: controlo de alcoolemia — test
  • Spanish: test de alcoholemia — test
  • Spanish: prueba de alcoholemia — test
  • Spanish: control de alcoholemia — test
  • Swedish: nykterhetskontroll — test