expiration
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle French expiration, from Latin exspīrātiōnem, accusative singular of exspīrātiō.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˌɛk.spəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (Philippine, nonstandard) IPA(key): /ˌɛk.spaɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun edit
expiration (countable and uncountable, plural expirations)
- The act of expiring.
- The act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth
- respiration consists of inspiration and expiration
- Emission of volatile matter; exhalation.
- (euphemistic) The last emission of breath; death.
- A cessation, extinction, ending
- That which is produced by breathing out, as a sound.
Usage notes edit
In most senses, mainly US; UK equivalent is expiry. The pronunciation based on that of expire is common in Philippine English, but is otherwise proscribed elsewhere.
Synonyms edit
- (breathing out): exhalation
- (cessation): termination, end
Antonyms edit
- (antonym(s) of “breathing out”): inspiration, inhalation
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Translations edit
act of expiring
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act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth; as, respiration consists of inspiration and expiration
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emission of volatile matter; exhalation
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last emission of breath; death
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coming to a close; cessation; extinction; termination; end
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French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French expiration, borrowed from Latin exspīrātiōnem.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Noun edit
expiration f (plural expirations)
- expiration (act of expiring)
- expiration (act of breathing out)
- expiration (end)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “expiration”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.