atomizer

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/ˈæt.əˌmaɪz.ə(ɹ)/US/ˈæt.əˌmaɪz.ɚ/

noun

An instrument for reducing a liquid to spray or vapor for disinfecting, cooling, medical use or perfume spraying.

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atomiserspraysprayernebulizernebuliser
OriginEnglish atomize ← Middle English attome ← Middle French athome →
UncommonScrabble 19
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Meanings

nounatomizer (plural atomizers)

plural atomizers · alternative atomiser

  1. An instrument for reducing a liquid to spray or vapor for disinfecting, cooling, medical use or perfume spraying.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist

Similar
atomiserspraysprayernebulizernebuliser
Broader
dispenser
Also see
nebulizerspraysprayer

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  4. Ancient Greekἀ- (a-)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*temh₁-
  6. Ancient Greekτέμνω (témnō)
  7. Ancient Greek*τομός (*tomós)
  8. Ancient Greekἄτομος (átomos)
  9. Latinatomu
  10. Middle Frenchathome
  11. Middle Englishattome
  12. Englishatom
  13. Englishatomize
  14. Englishatomizer

From atomize + -er.

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Translations

Arabic مِرْذَاذ, رَذَّاذَة
  • مِرْذَاذ (mirḏāḏ)instrument for reducing a liquid to spray
  • رَذَّاذَة (raḏḏāḏa)instrument for reducing a liquid to spray
  • بَخَّاخَة (baḵḵāḵa)instrument for reducing a liquid to spray
Bulgarian пулверизатор
  • пулверизатор (pulverizator)instrument for reducing a liquid to spray
Chinese Mandarin 噴霧器 /喷雾器
  • 噴霧器 /喷雾器 (pēnwùqì)instrument for reducing a liquid to spray
Dutch flitspuit, verstuiver
  • flitspuitinstrument for reducing a liquid to spray
  • verstuiverinstrument for reducing a liquid to spray
Finnish sumutin
  • sumutininstrument for reducing a liquid to spray
French atomiseur
  • atomiseurinstrument for reducing a liquid to spray
German Zerstäuber
  • Zerstäuberinstrument for reducing a liquid to spray
Greek ψεκαστήρας
  • ψεκαστήρας (psekastíras)instrument for reducing a liquid to spray
Hungarian porlasztó, permetező
  • porlasztóinstrument for reducing a liquid to spray
  • permetezőinstrument for reducing a liquid to spray
Italian atomizzatore
  • atomizzatoreinstrument for reducing a liquid to spray
Japanese 噴霧器
  • 噴霧器 (funmuki)instrument for reducing a liquid to spray
Korean 분무기
  • 분무기 (bunmugi)instrument for reducing a liquid to spray
Latin pulverizātor, atomizātor
  • pulverizātorinstrument for reducing a liquid to spray
  • atomizātorinstrument for reducing a liquid to spray
Polish opryskiwacz, atomizator
  • opryskiwaczinstrument for reducing a liquid to spray
  • atomizatorinstrument for reducing a liquid to spray
  • atomizerinstrument for reducing a liquid to spray
  • rozpylaczinstrument for reducing a liquid to spray
Portuguese atomizador, pulverizador
  • atomizadorinstrument for reducing a liquid to spray
  • pulverizadorinstrument for reducing a liquid to spray
Romanian atomizator
  • atomizatorinstrument for reducing a liquid to spray
Russian пульвериза́тор, спрей
  • пульвериза́тор (pulʹverizátor)instrument for reducing a liquid to spray
  • спрей (sprej)instrument for reducing a liquid to spray
Spanish pulverizador, atomizador
  • pulverizadorinstrument for reducing a liquid to spray
  • atomizadorinstrument for reducing a liquid to spray
Vietnamese máy phun/tán
  • máy phun/táninstrument for reducing a liquid to spray

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

amortize
Cite this entry
APA

atomizer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/atomizer

MLA

“atomizer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/atomizer. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “atomizer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/atomizer.

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