respirable
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈspaɪ(ə)ɹəb(ə)l/, /ˈɹɛsp(ə)ɹəb(ə)l/[1]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹɛspəɹəb(ə)l/
- Hyphenation: re‧spir‧a‧ble
Adjective edit
respirable (comparative more respirable, superlative most respirable)
- Of air: breathable.
- Antonyms: irrespirable, nonrespirable, unrespirable
- (biology) Of an organism: capable of respiration.
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References edit
- ^ Jespersen, Otto (1909) A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles (Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher; 9)[1], volumes I: Sounds and Spellings, London: George Allen & Unwin, published 1961, § 5.66, page 170.
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French edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Adjective edit
respirable (plural respirables)
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Further reading edit
- “respirable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Late Latin respirābilis, from Latin respirō. Equivalent to respirar + -able.
Adjective edit
respirable m or f (masculine and feminine plural respirables)
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Further reading edit
- “respirable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014