Phrase guide

oxygen mask

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A plastic or rubber mask through which oxygen may be breathed from a storage tank.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a breathing device that is placed over the mouth and nose; supplies oxygen from an attached storage tank

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: breathing device, breathing apparatus, breathing machine, ventilator

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: թթվածնային դիմակ (tʻtʻvacnayin dimak) — mask through with oxygen may be breathed
  • Catalan: màscara d'oxigen — mask through with oxygen may be breathed
  • Chinese: 酸素 (sàng-sò͘) — mask through with oxygen may be breathed
  • Chinese Mandarin: 氧氣面罩 /氧气面罩 (yǎngqì miànzhào) — mask through with oxygen may be breathed
  • Chinese Mandarin: 氧氣罩 /氧气罩 (yǎngqìzhào) — mask through with oxygen may be breathed
  • Dutch: zuurstofmasker — mask through with oxygen may be breathed
  • Estonian: hapnikumask — mask through with oxygen may be breathed
  • Finnish: happinaamari — mask through with oxygen may be breathed
  • French: masque à oxygène — mask through with oxygen may be breathed
  • German: Sauerstoffmaske — mask through with oxygen may be breathed
  • Italian: maschera per ossigeno — mask through with oxygen may be breathed
  • Japanese: 酸素マスク (sanso masuku) — mask through with oxygen may be breathed
  • Kazakh: оттегі маскасы (ottegı maskasy) — mask through with oxygen may be breathed
  • Polish: maska tlenowa — mask through with oxygen may be breathed
  • Russian: кислоро́дная ма́ска (kisloródnaja máska) — mask through with oxygen may be breathed
  • Swedish: syrgasmask — mask through with oxygen may be breathed
  • Turkish: oksijen maskesi — mask through with oxygen may be breathed
  • Vietnamese: mặt nạ oxy — mask through with oxygen may be breathed
  • Welsh: mwgwd ocsigen — mask through with oxygen may be breathed