exhalation

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/ˌɛkshəˈleɪ̯ʃən/[ˌɛkshəˈleɪ̯ʃən] ~ [ˌɛkshəˈleɪ̯ʃn̩]

noun

The act or process of exhaling; breathing out

“short exhalations of breath”

Similar
efflationsighhalitusexpirationbreathing out
OriginLatin exhālātiō →
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Meanings

nounexhalation (countable and uncountable, plural exhalations)

plural exhalations

  1. countableuncountableThe act or process of exhaling; breathing out

    short exhalations of breath

    Synonyms: efflation, sigh

  2. countableuncountableThat which is exhaled, or which rises in the form of vapor, fume, or steam

    exhalations from the earth or flowers

    1 more example

    1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter II, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600641.txt For a week the party watched the flood, and each day it receded to a considerable extent. A thick deposit of mud was left behind, but though the sun shone out warmly no offensive exhalations arose.

  3. countableuncountableA bright phenomenon; a meteor.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe act or process of exhaling; breathing out

Similar
efflationsigh

More synonyms by meaning

nounexhaled breath

Similar
halitus
Broader
breath

nounthe act of expelling air from the lungs

Similar
expirationbreathing out
Broader
breath
Also see
efflationexpirationhalitus

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinexhālātiō
  2. Englishexhalation

From Latin exhālātiō, from exhālō (“to breathe out, to exhale”), from hālō (“to breathe”). Equivalent to exhale + -ation.

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Translations

Arabic زَفِير
  • زَفِير (zafīr)act or process of exhaling
Bulgarian издишване, дихание
  • издишване (izdišvane)act or process of exhaling
  • дихание (dihanie)that which is exhaled
  • дъх (dăh)that which is exhaled
Catalan exhalació, exhalació
  • exhalacióact or process of exhaling
  • exhalacióthat which is exhaled
Dutch uitademing
  • uitademingact or process of exhaling
Esperanto elspiro
  • elspiroact or process of exhaling
Finnish uloshengitys
  • uloshengitysact or process of exhaling
German Ausatmen, Ausschnaufen
  • Ausatmenact or process of exhaling
  • Ausschnaufenact or process of exhaling
  • Ausatmungact or process of exhaling
Irish asanálú
  • asanálúact or process of exhaling
Latin exhālātiō, efflātiō
  • exhālātiōact or process of exhaling
  • efflātiōact or process of exhaling
Polish wydech
  • wydechact or process of exhaling
Spanish exhalación, espiración
  • exhalaciónact or process of exhaling
  • espiraciónact or process of exhaling
  • exhalaciónthat which is exhaled
Ukrainian видиха́ння, видих
  • видиха́ння (vydyxánnja)act or process of exhaling
  • видих (vydyx)act or process of exhaling

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with exhalation

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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