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ventilate

/ˈventəˌleɪt/VEN-tuh-layt
/ˈvɛntəˌleɪt/VEN-tuh-layt

Meaningto air

Common meaning: to let fresh air through

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√WA‘breathe, blow’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 330, p. 741 · scan
  2. Latinventus‘wind’
  3. Englishventilate‘to let fresh air through’ · today

vent also in: vent

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin ventus ‘wind’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry ventus, p. 1970 · dictionary scan

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