Phrase guide

gas mask

noun · 1 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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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɡæs mɑːsk/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American, UK: /ɡæs mæsk/

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noun

Meaning 1

A covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poison gas.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: قِنَاع غَاز (qināʕ ḡāz) — a covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
  • Azerbaijani: əleyhqaz — a covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
  • Belarusian: процівага́з (procivaház) — a covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
  • Chinese Mandarin: 防毒面具 (fángdú miànjù) — a covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
  • Danish: gasmaske — a covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
  • Dutch: gasmasker — a covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
  • Esperanto: gasmasko — a covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
  • Estonian: gaasimask — a covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
  • Estonian: gaasitorbik — a covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
  • Faroese: gassskortur — a covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
  • Faroese: gassmaska — a covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
  • Finnish: kaasunaamari — a covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
  • French: masque anti-gaz — a covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
  • French: masque à gaz — a covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
  • West-Frisian: gasmasker — a covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
  • Galician: máscara antigás — a covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
  • Georgian: აირწინაღი (airc̣inaɣi) — a covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
  • German: Gasmaske — a covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
  • German: Atemschutzmaske — a covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
  • Greek: αντιασφυξιογόνος μάσκα (antiasfyxiogónos máska) — a covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
  • Hebrew: מסכת גז (masekhát gaz) — a covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
  • Hungarian: gázálarc — a covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
  • Icelandic: gasgríma — a covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
  • Ingrian: protivogaza — a covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
  • Irish: gásphúicín — a covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
  • Italian: maschera antigas — a covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
  • Japanese: ガスマスク (gasumasuku) — a covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
  • Latvian: gāzmaska — a covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
  • Lithuanian: dujokaukė — a covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
  • Luxembourgish: Gasmask — a covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
  • Malay: topeng gas — a covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
  • Manx: far-eddin gas — a covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gassmaske — a covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vernemaske — a covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gassmaske — a covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vernemaske — a covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
  • Polish: maska przeciwgazowa — a covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
  • Polish: maska gazowa — a covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
  • Portuguese: máscara de gás — a covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
  • Romanian: mască de gaze — a covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
  • Russian: противога́з (protivogáz) — a covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
  • Samoan: ufimata kesi — a covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
  • Slovene: plinska maska — a covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
  • Spanish: máscara antigás — a covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
  • Swedish: gasmask — a covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
  • Turkish: gaz maskesi — a covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
  • Ukrainian: протига́з (protyház) — a covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
  • Uzbek: gazniqob — a covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
  • Vietnamese: mặt nạ chống hơi độc — a covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
  • Vietnamese: mặt nạ phòng độc — a covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
  • Vietnamese: mặt nạ khí — a covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
  • Yiddish: גאַזמאַסקע (gazmaske) — a covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas