noun
Meaning 1
A device to assist breathing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
respirator
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noun
Meaning 2
A device to assist breathing.
A facemask with integrated filter(s) to keep out harmful dusts, fumes, and mists.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: especially occupational safety and health
Examples
- Any N95 respirator is designed to filter out 95 percent of particles 0.3 microns or larger.
- The painters in the paint booth were wearing the kind of respirators with dual filter canisters.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: personal protective equipment, PPE
noun
Meaning 3
a protective mask with a filter; protects the face and lungs against poisonous gases
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gasmask, gas helmet
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mask
noun
Meaning 4
a breathing device for administering long-term artificial respiration
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: inhalator
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: breathing device, breathing apparatus, breathing machine, ventilator
Narrower terms: iron lung
History
Etymology
From respirate + -or.
Across languages
Translations
41 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: рэспіра́тар (respirátar) — device to allow breathing
- Bulgarian: респира́тор (respirátor) — device to allow breathing
- Catalan: respirador — device to allow breathing
- Chinese Mandarin: 呼吸器 (hūxīqì) — device to allow breathing
- Chinese Mandarin: 呼吸機 /呼吸机 (hūxījī) — device to allow breathing
- Czech: respirátor — device to allow breathing
- Danish: respirator — device to allow breathing
- Dutch: beademingsmachine — device to allow breathing
- Estonian: respiraator — device to allow breathing
- Faroese: andingartól — device to allow breathing
- Finnish: hengityssuojain — device to allow breathing
- Finnish: hengityslaite — device to allow breathing
- French: respirateur — device to allow breathing
- Galician: respirador — device to allow breathing
- German: Beatmungsgerät — device to allow breathing
- Hungarian: lélegeztetőgép — device to allow breathing
- Irish: análaitheoir — device to allow breathing
- Italian: respiratore — device to allow breathing
- Italian: aeroforo — device to allow breathing
- Japanese: 人工呼吸器 (jinkō kokyūki) — device to allow breathing
- Kazakh: демперде (demperde) — device to allow breathing
- Kazakh: респиратор (respirator) — device to allow breathing
- Korean: 인공호흡기 (in'gonghoheupgi) — device to allow breathing
- Korean: 산소호흡기 (sansohoheupgi) — device to allow breathing
- Macedonian: респира́тор (respirátor) — device to allow breathing
- Polish: respirator — device to allow breathing
- Portuguese: respirador — device to allow breathing
- Russian: респира́тор (respirátor) — device to allow breathing
- Serbo-Croatian: респѝра̄тор — device to allow breathing
- Serbo-Croatian: respìrātor — device to allow breathing
- Slovak: respirátor — device to allow breathing
- Slovene: respirator — device to allow breathing
- Spanish: respirador — device to allow breathing
- Swedish: respirator — device to allow breathing
- Thai: เครื่องช่วยหายใจ (krʉ̂ʉang-chûai-hǎai-jai) — device to allow breathing
- Turkish: respiratör — device to allow breathing
- Ukrainian: респіра́тор (respirátor) — device to allow breathing
- Vietnamese: mặt nạ phòng độc — device to allow breathing
- Vietnamese: mặt nạ chống độc — device to allow breathing
- Welsh: peiriant anadlu — device to allow breathing
- Yiddish: רעספּיראַטאָר (respirator) — device to allow breathing