smog
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Portmanteau/Blend of smoke + fog.[1]
PronunciationEdit
- (UK) IPA(key): /smɒɡ/
Audio (UK) (file)
- (US) enPR: smäg, IPA(key): /smɑɡ/ also IPA(key): /smɔɡ/
- Rhymes: -ɒɡ
NounEdit
smog (countable and uncountable, plural smogs)
- A noxious mixture of particulates and gases that is the result of urban air pollution.
- Synonyms: pea-souper, pea-soup fog
HyponymsEdit
- black smog (combination of smoke and fog; stereotypical 19th century London smog)
- photochemical smog (brown haze and ozone; stereotypical 1980s Los Angeles afternoon smog)
- summer smog
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
urban air pollution
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VerbEdit
smog (third-person singular simple present smogs, present participle smogging, simple past and past participle smogged)
- (informal) To get a smog check; to check a vehicle or have it checked for emissions.
- If the car is more than five years old, you'll have to have it smogged before you can register it.
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- smog at OneLook Dictionary Search
- ^ Olga Kornienko, Grinin L, Ilyin I, Herrmann P, Korotayev A (2016), “Social and Economic Background of Blending”, in Globalistics and Globalization Studies: Global Transformations and Global Future[1], Uchitel Publishing House, →ISBN, pages 220–225
AnagramsEdit
CzechEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
smog m inan
DeclensionEdit
Declension of smog
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
NounEdit
smog m (uncountable)
FrenchEdit
NounEdit
smog m (plural smogs)
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
smog m (invariable)
ReferencesEdit
- ^ smog in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
smog m inan
DeclensionEdit
Declension of smog
Derived termsEdit
adjective
Further readingEdit
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
Unadapted borrowing from English smog.
NounEdit
smog m (uncountable)
- smog (urban air pollution)
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
smog n (uncountable)
DeclensionEdit
Serbo-CroatianEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
smȍg m (Cyrillic spelling смо̏г)
DeclensionEdit
SpanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
smog m (plural smogs)