transpiration

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French transpiration, from Medieval Latin transpiratio, from transpiro, from Latin trans + spiro.

Pronunciation

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Noun

transpiration (countable and uncountable, plural transpirations)

1. (botany) The loss of water by evaporation in terrestrial plants, especially through the stomata; accompanied by a corresponding uptake from the roots.
2. (physiology) The process of giving off water vapour through the skin or mucous membranes.
3. The passage of gases through fine tubes.

Derived terms

• evapotranspiration
• hypertranspiration
• transpirational

 

Related terms

• transpire

Translations

botany: the loss of water by evaporation in terrestrial plants

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蒸騰／蒸腾 (zh) (zhēngténg)

• French: transpiration (fr) f
• Galician: transpiración (gl) f
• Greek: διαπνοή (el) f (diapnoḯ)
• Hindi: वाष्पोत्सर्जन m (vāṣpotsarjan)
• Malay: transpirasi
• Maori: tōtārau, tukuwaitanga
• Tagalog: halmansingaw

physiology: the process of giving off water vapour through the skin or mucous membranes

• Afrikaans: uitwaseming
• French: transpiration (fr) f
• Greek: εφίδρωση (el) f (efídrosi)
• Maori: tukuwaitanga

the passage of gases through fine tubes

• Greek: ανάδοση (el) f (anádosi)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin trānspirātiōnem, from transpiro, from Latin trāns + spiro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁa.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

transpiration f (plural transpirations)

1. transpiration
2. sweat (bodily fluid)

Synonyms

• sueur

Related terms

• transpirer

Further reading

• “transpiration”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.