ventilate
English
verb
Definitions
- To replace stale or noxious air with fresh.
- To circulate air through a building, etc.
- To provide with a vent.
- To expose something to the circulation of fresh air.
- To expose something to public examination or discussion.
- (medicine) To provide manual or mechanical breathing to a patient.
- (slang) To shoot with a firearm; to pierce with bullets.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ventilātus root from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (blow).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂weh₁-
Gloss
blow
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aero- English
- hyperventilate English
- hyperventilative English
- hyperventilator English
- hypoventilate English
- hypoventilator English
- microventilate English
- microventilator English
- reventilate English
- unventilatable English
- ventilatable English
- ventilative English
- ventilator English
- aptus Latin
- vannus Latin
- ventilo Latin
- ventilāre Latin
- ventilātor Latin
- ventilātus Latin
- ventus Latin
- ventōsus Latin
- āēr Latin
- hyperventilieren German
- ventilieren German
- ventilál Hungarian
- venticello Italian
- ventolare Italian
- ventolatura Italian
- ventilator Dutch, Flemish
- ventileren Dutch, Flemish
- ventilateur French
- ventiler French
- éventer French
- ἀέρος Ancient Greek
- ἀήρ Ancient Greek
- ἀθλέω Ancient Greek
- ἀθλητής Ancient Greek
- ἀτμός Ancient Greek
- ἄθλημα Ancient Greek
- ἆθλον Ancient Greek
- ἆθλος Ancient Greek
- ἠεροειδής Ancient Greek
- *h₂weh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂weh₁-yús Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂wéh₁n̥tos Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂wéh₁n̥ts Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂wḗh₁ti Proto-Indo-European
- *wēaną Proto-Germanic
- *wēngijaz Proto-Germanic
- वा Sanskrit
- hvirfilvindr Old Norse
- *větrъ Proto-Slavic
- ventoli Esperanto
- वेंटिलेटर Hindi
- prifwynt Welsh
- fet Old Irish
- vetëtin Albanian
- *HwaHyúš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *watnos Proto-Italic
- vėjas Lithuanian
- *aweita Proto-Albanian
- *awuòr Proto-Albanian
- *wetrā Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *wētras Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *wḗˀtei Proto-Balto-Slavic
- ventixeu Ligurian