English → Latin
“exhalation” in Latin
exhālātiōexhalation (act, and vapour expelled by breathing out); evaporationexspīrātiōbreathing out, exhalation; expirationaspīrātiōThe act of blowing or breathing to or upon; exhalation.; The pronunciation of a word with aspiration; breathing, aspiratrespīrātiōexhaling; breathing, respirationvăpōrātĭoa steaming
The English word exhalation itself goes back to Latin hālō, through exhālātiō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
exhalation
exhalatio: exspiratio: aspiratio: respiratio: vaporatio. [SYN. in EVAPARATION, Vid:] Noxious exhalations, afflatus noxii (Plin.): exhalationes from the earth, terrae exhalationes, etc.: ☞ evaporatio, -onis, in late writers, not classical. Vid: EVAPARATION.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for exhalation?
- The usual Latin words for “exhalation” are exhālātiō, exspīrātiō, aspīrātiō; also respīrātiō, văpōrātĭo. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.