Meanings
plural ventilations
- countableuncountableThe replacement of stale or noxious air with fresh.
So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before or after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline?
1991, Backdraft, Robert DeNiro (actor) - countableuncountableThe mechanical system used to circulate and replace air.
- countableuncountableAn exchange of views during a discussion.
- countableuncountableThe public exposure of an issue or topic.
"No, Mr. Malone, I will place no restriction upon your correspondence, since the ventilation of the facts is the object of your journey; but I demand that you shall give no particulars as to your exact destination, and that nothing be actually published until your return."
1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC - countableuncountableThe bodily process of breathing; the inhalation of air to provide oxygen, and the exhalation of spent air to remove carbon dioxide.
This toxin impairs ventilation by causing inflammation in the bronchioles.
Synonyms: respiration
- abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountablemedicineEllipsis of mechanical ventilation.
It is time to try to wean this patient from ventilation.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe bodily process of breathing; the inhalation of air to provide oxygen, and the exhalation of spent air to remove carbon dioxide.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna mechanical system in a building that provides fresh air
nounfree and open discussion of (or debate on) some question of public interest
nounthe bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinventilo
- Late Latinventilatio
- Old Frenchventilacion
- Middle Frenchventilation
- Englishventilation
Borrowed from Middle French ventilation, from Old French ventilacion, from Late Latin ventilatio, from Latin ventilo. Morphologically ventilate + -ion.
More words from Middle French, Old French, Late Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic تَهْوِيَة, تَهْوِيَة
- تَهْوِيَة (tahwiya)replacement of stale or noxious air with fresh
- تَهْوِيَة (tahwiya)mechanical system used to circulate and replace air
Bengali বায়ুচলন
- বায়ুচলন (baẏucolon)mechanical system used to circulate and replace air
Bulgarian проветрение, вентилация
- проветрение (provetrenie)replacement of stale or noxious air with fresh
- вентилация (ventilacija)mechanical system used to circulate and replace air
- дишане (dišane)breathing
Chinese Mandarin 通風 /通风, 通氣 /通气
- 通風 /通风 (tōngfēng)replacement of stale or noxious air with fresh
- 通氣 /通气 (tōngqì)replacement of stale or noxious air with fresh
- 換氣 /换气 (huànqì)breathing
- 呼吸 (hūxī)breathing
Finnish tuuletus, ilmanvaihto
- tuuletusreplacement of stale or noxious air with fresh
- ilmanvaihtoreplacement of stale or noxious air with fresh
- ilmanvaihtomechanical system used to circulate and replace air
- ilmanvaihtojärjestelmämechanical system used to circulate and replace air
- tuuletusjärjestelmämechanical system used to circulate and replace air
- mielipiteenvaihtoexchange of views during a discussion
- hengitysbreathing
French ventilation, aération
- ventilationreplacement of stale or noxious air with fresh
- aérationreplacement of stale or noxious air with fresh
- ventilationmechanical system used to circulate and replace air
- aérationmechanical system used to circulate and replace air
- confrontationexchange of views during a discussion
- respirationbreathing
- ventilationbreathing
German Lüftung, Lüftung
- Lüftungreplacement of stale or noxious air with fresh
- Lüftungmechanical system used to circulate and replace air
Greek εξαερισμός, αερισμός
- εξαερισμός (exaerismós)replacement of stale or noxious air with fresh
- αερισμός (aerismós)replacement of stale or noxious air with fresh
- εξαερισμός (exaerismós)mechanical system used to circulate and replace air
- ελεύθερη συζήτηση (eléftheri syzítisi)exchange of views during a discussion
- αναπνοή (anapnoḯ)breathing
Hebrew אוורור, הנשמה
- אוורור (ivrúr)replacement of stale or noxious air with fresh
- הנשמה (hanshamá)replacement of stale or noxious air with fresh
Indonesian ventilasi
- ventilasimechanical system used to circulate and replace air
Irish aeráil, aerú
- aeráilreplacement of stale or noxious air with fresh
- aerúreplacement of stale or noxious air with fresh
Italian ventilazione, ventilazione
- ventilazionereplacement of stale or noxious air with fresh
- ventilazionemechanical system used to circulate and replace air
- ventilazionebreathing
Japanese 通風, 換気
- 通風 (tsūfū)replacement of stale or noxious air with fresh
- 換気 (kanki)replacement of stale or noxious air with fresh
- 換気 (kanki)breathing
- 呼吸 (kokyū)breathing
Korean 통풍, 환기
- 통풍 (tongpung)replacement of stale or noxious air with fresh
- 환기 (hwan'gi)replacement of stale or noxious air with fresh
Latin ventilatio
- ventilatioreplacement of stale or noxious air with fresh
Polish wentylacja, nawiew
- wentylacjamechanical system used to circulate and replace air
- nawiewmechanical system used to circulate and replace air
Portuguese ventilação, ventilação
- ventilaçãomechanical system used to circulate and replace air
- ventilaçãobreathing
Romanian aerisire, ventilație
- aerisirereplacement of stale or noxious air with fresh
- ventilațiereplacement of stale or noxious air with fresh
- ventilațiemechanical system used to circulate and replace air
Russian вентиля́ция, прове́тривание
- вентиля́ция (ventiljácija)replacement of stale or noxious air with fresh
- прове́тривание (provétrivanije)replacement of stale or noxious air with fresh
- воздухообме́н (vozduxoobmén)replacement of stale or noxious air with fresh
- вентиля́ция (ventiljácija)mechanical system used to circulate and replace air
- обсужде́ние (obsuždénije)exchange of views during a discussion
- диску́ссия (diskússija)exchange of views during a discussion
- дыха́ние (dyxánije)breathing
- воздухообме́н (vozduxoobmén)breathing
Spanish ventilación, ventilación
- ventilaciónreplacement of stale or noxious air with fresh
- ventilaciónmechanical system used to circulate and replace air
- ventilaciónexchange of views during a discussion
- discusiónexchange of views during a discussion
- intercambioexchange of views during a discussion
- ventilaciónbreathing
Swedish luftväxling, ventilation
- luftväxlingreplacement of stale or noxious air with fresh
- ventilationreplacement of stale or noxious air with fresh
Ukrainian вентиля́ція
- вентиля́ція (ventyljácija)replacement of stale or noxious air with fresh
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Cite this entry
ventilation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ventilation
“ventilation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ventilation. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ventilation,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ventilation.
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