breathe

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• Received-Pronunciation: brēth
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• Received-Pronunciation: /bɹiːð/
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• Canada, General-American: /bɹið/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /bɹiːð/
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• rhymes with -iːð
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• CMU ARPABET: B R IY1 DH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English brethen (“to breathe, blow, exhale, odour”), derived from Middle English breth (“breath”). Eclipsed Middle English ethien and orðiæn, from Old English ēþian and orþian (“to breathe”); as well as Middle English anden, onden, from Old Norse anda (“to breathe”). More at breath.

304 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: аԥсыԥлагаҩагара (apsəplagajwagara) — to draw air in and out
• Acehnese: naphah — to draw air in and out
• Afrikaans: asem — to draw air in and out
• Afrikaans: asemhaal — to draw air in and out
• Aklanon: ginhawa — to draw air in and out
• Albanian: marr frymë — to draw air in and out
• Arabic: تَنَفَّسَ (tanaffasa) — to draw air in and out
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܢܵܦ̮ܹܫ (nafeš) — to draw air in and out
• Armenian: շնչել (šnčʻel) — to draw air in and out
• Aromanian: adilju — to draw air in and out
• Aromanian: suflu — to draw air in and out
• Assamese: উশাহ লোৱা (uxah lüa) — to draw air in and out
• Asturian: respirar — to draw air in and out
• Avar: хӏухьел цӏазе (ḥrux̂el cʼaze) — to draw air in and out
• Azerbaijani: nəfəs almaq — to draw air in and out
• Belarusian: ды́хаць (dýxacʹ) — to draw air in and out
• Bengali: দম নেওয়া (dom neōẇa) — to draw air in and out
• Bengali: শ্বাস ফেলা (śaś phela) — to draw air in and out
• Central Bikol: hangos — to draw air in and out
• Bulgarian: ди́шам (díšam) — to draw air in and out
• Burmese: ရှူ (hru) — to draw air in and out
• Catalan: respirar — to draw air in and out
• Catalan: alenar — to draw air in and out
• Cebuano: ginhawa — to draw air in and out
• Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵙⵙⵓⵏⴼⵙ (ssunfs) — to draw air in and out
• Chechen: садеӏа (sadeˀa) — to draw air in and out
• Cherokee: ᎧᏬᎳᏕᎠ (kawoladea) — to draw air in and out
• Chickasaw: foyopa — to draw air in and out
• Chinese Mandarin: 呼吸 (hūxī) — to draw air in and out
• Chinese Mandarin: 吸 (xī) — to draw air in and out
• Czech: dýchat — to draw air in and out
• Danish: ånde — to draw air in and out
• Danish: trække vejret — to draw air in and out
• Dutch: ademen — to draw air in and out
• Dutch: ademhalen — to draw air in and out
• Dutch: asemen — to draw air in and out
• Dutch: asemhalen — to draw air in and out
• Erzya: лексемс (leksems) — to draw air in and out
• Esperanto: spiri — to draw air in and out
• Estonian: hingama — to draw air in and out
• Faroese: anda — to draw air in and out
• Finnish: hengittää — to draw air in and out
• French: respirer — to draw air in and out
• French: inspirer — to draw air in and out
• French: expirer — to draw air in and out
• Middle French: respirer — to draw air in and out
• Old French: respirer — to draw air in and out
• North Frisian: öösme — to draw air in and out
• North Frisian: locht haale — to draw air in and out
• West-Frisian: sykhelje — to draw air in and out
• Galician: respirar — to draw air in and out
• Galician: bafexar — to draw air in and out
• Galician: folguexar — to draw air in and out
• Galician: alentar — to draw air in and out
• Georgian: სუნთქვა (suntkva) — to draw air in and out
• German: atmen — to draw air in and out
• Greek: αναπνέω (anapnéo) — to draw air in and out
• Ancient Greek: πνέω (pnéō) — to draw air in and out
• Greenlandic: anersaarpoq — to draw air in and out
• Hebrew: נָשַׁם (nashám) — to draw air in and out
• Hiligaynon: ginhawa — to draw air in and out
• Hindi: सांस लेना (sāns lenā) — to draw air in and out
• White Hmong: ua pa — to draw air in and out
• Hungarian: lélegzik — to draw air in and out
• Hungarian: levegőt vesz — to draw air in and out
• Hungarian: lélegzetet vesz — to draw air in and out
• Icelandic: anda — to draw air in and out
• Ido: respirar — to draw air in and out
• Ilocano: aganges — to draw air in and out
• Indonesian: bernafas — to draw air in and out
• Irish: análaigh — to draw air in and out
• Irish: riospráid — to draw air in and out
• Italian: respirare — to draw air in and out
• Itza': mus ikʼ — to draw air in and out
• Japanese: 呼吸する (kokyū suru) — to draw air in and out
• Japanese: 息をする (iki o suru) — to draw air in and out
• Japanese: 吐く (haku) — to draw air in and out
• Japanese: 吸い込む (suikomu) — to draw air in and out
• Kapampangan: isnaua — to draw air in and out
• Kashubian: dëchac — to draw air in and out
• Kazakh: дем алу (dem alu) — to draw air in and out
• Khmer: ដកដង្ហើម (dɑɑk dɑɑdɑnghaəm) — to draw air in and out
• Kinaray-a: ginhawa — to draw air in and out
• Korean: 숨쉬다 (sumswida) — to draw air in and out
• Korean: 호흡(呼吸)하다 (hoheuphada) — to draw air in and out
• Korean: 숨을 쉬다 (sumeul swida) — to draw air in and out
• Korean: 마시다 — to draw air in and out
• Kyrgyz: дем алуу (dem aluu) — to draw air in and out
• Ladino: respirar — to draw air in and out
• Lao: ຫາຍໃຈ (hāi chai) — to draw air in and out
• Latin: spīrō — to draw air in and out
• Latin: respīrō — to draw air in and out
• Latin: hālō — to draw air in and out
• Latvian: elpot — to draw air in and out
• Laz: შვანუმს (şvanums) — to draw air in and out
• Lingala: kopema — to draw air in and out
• Lithuanian: kvėpuoti — to draw air in and out
• Low German: aten — to draw air in and out
• Luxembourgish: ootmen — to draw air in and out
• Macedonian: дише (diše) — to draw air in and out
• Malay: bernafas — to draw air in and out
• Malay: hirup — to draw air in and out
• Mam: xewil — to draw air in and out
• Manchu: ᡝᡵᡤᡝᠨ ᡤᠠᡳᠮᠪᡳ (ergen gaimbi) — to draw air in and out
• Māori: ngā — to draw air in and out
• Māori: whakangā — to draw air in and out
• Māori: ānene — to draw air in and out
• Mongolian: амьсгалах (amʹsgalax) — to draw air in and out
• Nepali: सास फेर्नु (sās phernu) — to draw air in and out
• Norman: respither — to draw air in and out
• Norwegian: puste — to draw air in and out
• Norwegian: ånde — to draw air in and out
• Occitan: respirar — to draw air in and out
• Church Slavic: дꙑхати (dyxati) — to draw air in and out
• Old English: ēþian — to draw air in and out
• Old English: orþian — to draw air in and out
• Ossetian: улӕфын (ulæfyn) — to draw air in and out
• Pangasinan: linawa — to draw air in and out
• Papiamentu: respirá — to draw air in and out
• Papiamentu: hala rosea — to draw air in and out
• Pashto: ساکښل (sākx̌ᶕl) — to draw air in and out
• Persian: نفس کشیدن (nafas kešidan) — to draw air in and out
• Polish: oddychać — to draw air in and out
• Polish: odetchnąć — to draw air in and out
• Portuguese: respirar — to draw air in and out
• Q'anjob'al: jiq’a’ — to draw air in and out
• Rapa Nui: haa — to draw air in and out
• Romanian: respira — to draw air in and out
• Romansh: respirar — to draw air in and out
• Russian: дыша́ть (dyšátʹ) — to draw air in and out
• Northern Sami: vuoiŋŋadit — to draw air in and out
• Samoan: mānava — to draw air in and out
• Savosavo: azeaze — to draw air in and out
• Serbo-Croatian: дисати — to draw air in and out
• Serbo-Croatian: дихати — to draw air in and out
• Serbo-Croatian: disati — to draw air in and out
• Serbo-Croatian: dihati — to draw air in and out
• Sinhalese: හුස්ම ගන්නවා (husma gannawā) — to draw air in and out
• Slovak: dýchať — to draw air in and out
• Slovene: dihati — to draw air in and out
• Somali: neefsasho — to draw air in and out
• Lower Sorbian: dychaś — to draw air in and out
• Spanish: respirar — to draw air in and out
• Old Spanish: respirar — to draw air in and out
• Sranan Tongo: bro — to draw air in and out
• Sundanese: ambekan — to draw air in and out
• Swahili: -pumua — to draw air in and out
• Swedish: andas — to draw air in and out
• Tagalog: huminga — to draw air in and out
• Tajik: нафас кашидан (nafas kašidan) — to draw air in and out
• Tamil: சுவாசி (cuvāci) — to draw air in and out
• Tamil: மூச்சுவிடு (mūccuviṭu) — to draw air in and out
• Tarantino: respirà — to draw air in and out
• Tày: au châư — to draw air in and out
• Thai: หายใจ (hǎai-jai) — to draw air in and out
• Tibetan: དབུགས་རྒྱག (dbugs rgyag) — to draw air in and out
• Turkish: nefes alıp vermek — to draw air in and out
• Turkish: solumak — to draw air in and out
• Ottoman Turkish: صولومق (solumak) — to draw air in and out
• Turkmen: dem almak — to draw air in and out
• Tuvan: тынар (tınar) — to draw air in and out
• Udmurt: шоканы (šokany) — to draw air in and out
• Ukrainian: ди́хати (dýxaty) — to draw air in and out
• Unami: lèxe — to draw air in and out
• Urdu: سانس لینا (sāns lenā) — to draw air in and out
• Uyghur: نەپەس ئالماق (nepes almaq) — to draw air in and out
• Uyghur: نەپەسلەنمەك (nepeslenmek) — to draw air in and out
• Uzbek: nafas olmoq — to draw air in and out
• Vietnamese: thở — to draw air in and out
• Vietnamese: hô hấp — to draw air in and out
• Volapük: natemön — to draw air in and out
• Walloon: respirer — to draw air in and out
• Waray-Waray: ginhawa — to draw air in and out
• Welsh: anadlu — to draw air in and out
• Yiddish: אָטעמען (otemen) — to draw air in and out
• Zealandic: aeseme — to draw air in and out
• Zhuang: diemheiq — to draw air in and out
• Catalan: respirar — to exchange gases in similar way
• Finnish: hengittää — to exchange gases in similar way
• French: respirer — to exchange gases in similar way
• Hebrew: נשם (nashám) — to exchange gases in similar way
• Hungarian: lélegzik — to exchange gases in similar way
• Italian: respirare — to exchange gases in similar way
• Japanese: 呼吸する (kokyū suru) — to exchange gases in similar way
• Norman: respither — to exchange gases in similar way
• Polish: oddychać — to exchange gases in similar way
• Portuguese: respirar — to exchange gases in similar way
• Russian: дыша́ть (dyšátʹ) — to exchange gases in similar way
• Slovak: dýchať — to exchange gases in similar way
• Slovene: dihati — to exchange gases in similar way
• Spanish: respirar — to exchange gases in similar way
• Swedish: andas — to exchange gases in similar way
• Welsh: anadlu — to exchange gases in similar way
• Chickasaw: foyopa — to use gas to sustain life
• Finnish: hengittää — to use gas to sustain life
• Hungarian: belélegez — to use gas to sustain life
• Russian: дыша́ть (dyšátʹ) — to use gas to sustain life
• Slovak: dýchať — to use gas to sustain life
• Bulgarian: живея (živeja) — figuratively: to live
• Bulgarian: съществувам (sǎštestvuvam) — figuratively: to live
• Finnish: hengittää — figuratively: to live
• Hungarian: él — figuratively: to live
• Hungarian: életben van — figuratively: to live
• Japanese: 生きる (ikiru) — figuratively: to live
• Malay: bernyawa — figuratively: to live
• Polish: oddychać swobodnie — figuratively: to live
• Portuguese: respirar — figuratively: to live
• Russian: жить (žitʹ) — figuratively: to live
• Russian: существова́ть (suščestvovátʹ) — figuratively: to live
• Slovak: dýchať — figuratively: to live
• Slovene: dihati — figuratively: to live
• Swedish: andas — figuratively: to live
• Bulgarian: вдишвам (vdišvam) — to draw into lungs
• Bulgarian: вдъхвам (vdǎhvam) — to draw into lungs
• Chickasaw: foyopa — to draw into lungs
• Dutch: inademen — to draw into lungs
• Finnish: hengittää — to draw into lungs
• Finnish: hengittää sisään — to draw into lungs
• German: einatmen — to draw into lungs
• Hebrew: נשם (nashám) — to draw into lungs
• Hungarian: belélegez — to draw into lungs
• Hungarian: beszív — to draw into lungs
• Hungarian: belehel — to draw into lungs
• Japanese: 吸い込む (suikomu) — to draw into lungs
• Polish: wdychać — to draw into lungs
• Portuguese: respirar — to draw into lungs
• Quechua: mutkhiy — to draw into lungs
• Quechua: samay — to draw into lungs
• Russian: вдыха́ть (vdyxátʹ) — to draw into lungs
• Russian: вдохну́ть (vdoxnútʹ) — to draw into lungs
• Slovak: vdýchnuť — to draw into lungs
• Slovak: vdychovať — to draw into lungs
• Slovak: nadýchnuť sa — to draw into lungs
• Slovak: nadýchať sa — to draw into lungs
• Slovene: vdihniti — to draw into lungs
• Swedish: andas in — to draw into lungs
• Welsh: anadlu — to draw into lungs
• Dutch: uitademen — to expel air from the lungs
• Finnish: hengittää — to expel air from the lungs
• Finnish: hengittää ulos — to expel air from the lungs
• Hungarian: kilélegez — to expel air from the lungs
• Hungarian: kifúj — to expel air from the lungs
• Hungarian: ráfúj — to expel air from the lungs
• Hungarian: lehel — to expel air from the lungs
• Hungarian: rálehel — to expel air from the lungs
• Hungarian: kilehel — to expel air from the lungs
• Russian: выдыха́ть (vydyxátʹ) — to expel air from the lungs
• Russian: вы́дохнуть (výdoxnutʹ) — to expel air from the lungs
• Slovak: vydýchnuť — to expel air from the lungs
• Slovak: vydychovať — to expel air from the lungs
• Slovak: dýchnuť — to expel air from the lungs
• Finnish: henkäillä — to pass like breath
• Hungarian: susog — to pass like breath
• Russian: дыша́ть (dyšátʹ) — to pass like breath
• Russian: изрыга́ть (izrygátʹ) — to pass like breath
• Russian: изрыгну́ть (izrygnútʹ) — to pass like breath
• Slovak: uvoľňovať — to pass like breath
• Finnish: henkiä — to give an impression of
• Hungarian: sugároz — to give an impression of
• Hungarian: áraszt — to give an impression of
• Russian: дыша́ть (dyšátʹ) — to give an impression of
• Russian: излуча́ть (izlučátʹ) — to give an impression of
• Slovak: vyžarovať — to give an impression of
• Bulgarian: промълвям (promǎlvjam) — to whisper quietly
• Dutch: ademen — to whisper quietly
• Finnish: kuiskata hiljaa — to whisper quietly
• German: hauchen — to whisper quietly
• Hungarian: lehel — to whisper quietly
• Hungarian: súg — to whisper quietly
• Japanese: ささやく (sasayaku) — to whisper quietly
• Polish: szeptać — to whisper quietly
• Portuguese: cochichar — to whisper quietly
• Portuguese: murmurar — to whisper quietly
• Portuguese: sussurrar — to whisper quietly
• Russian: шепта́ть (šeptátʹ) — to whisper quietly
• Slovak: šepkať — to whisper quietly
• Slovene: dahniti — to whisper quietly
• Swedish: viska — to whisper quietly
• Finnish: hengittää — to exchange gases with the environment
• Hungarian: levegőzik — to exchange gases with the environment
• Hungarian: lélegzik — to exchange gases with the environment
• Russian: ве́ять (véjatʹ) — to exchange gases with the environment
• Russian: пове́ять (povéjatʹ) — to exchange gases with the environment
• Slovak: dýchať — to exchange gases with the environment
• Chickasaw: foyopa — to stop and catch one's breath
• Finnish: hengähtää — to stop and catch one's breath
• French: reprendre son souffle — to stop and catch one's breath
• Hungarian: szusszan — to stop and catch one's breath
• Norwegian Bokmål: trekke pusten — to stop and catch one's breath
• Norwegian Bokmål: puste ut — to stop and catch one's breath
• Portuguese: respirar — to stop and catch one's breath
• Portuguese: resfolegar — to stop and catch one's breath
• Quechua: samay — to stop and catch one's breath
• Russian: перевести́ дух (perevestí dux) — to stop and catch one's breath
• Slovak: oddychovať — to stop and catch one's breath
• Slovak: oddýchnuť si — to stop and catch one's breath
• Swedish: hämta andan — to stop and catch one's breath
• Swedish: pusta ut — to stop and catch one's breath
• Finnish: antaa hengähtää — to give an opportunity to catch breath
• Russian: дать переды́шку (datʹ peredýšku) — to give an opportunity to catch breath
• Finnish: elää ja hengittää — (figurative) to be passionately devoted to
• Hungarian: imád — (figurative) to be passionately devoted to
• Hungarian: odavan — (figurative) to be passionately devoted to
• Japanese: (...に)熱中する — (figurative) to be passionately devoted to