different between emittent vs transpire

English

Etymology

From Latin emittens, present participle emittere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??m?t?nt/

Adjective

emittent (comparative more emittent, superlative most emittent)

1. Sending forth; emissive.
   • 1673, Robert Boyle, Essays of the Strange Subtilty, Great Efficacy, Determinate Nature of Effluviums

     the emittent Body was firm and cold

Latin

Verb

?mittent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of ?mitt?

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French transpirer, from Medieval Latin transpirare (“to breathe through”), from Latin trans (“across”) spirare (“to breathe”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /t?æn?spa???(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /t?æn?spa???/

Verb

transpire (third-person singular simple present transpires, present participle transpiring, simple past and past participle transpired)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To give off (vapour, waste matter etc.); to exhale (an odour etc.). [from 16th c.]
2. (obsolete, intransitive) To perspire. [17th-19th c.]
3. (botany, intransitive) Of plants, to give off water and waste products through the stomata. [from 17th c.]
4. (intransitive) To become known; to escape from secrecy. [from 18th c.]

   It eventually transpired that the murder victim had been a notorious blackmailer.

   • 1832, Thomas De Quincey, Klosterheim Or, the Masque

     The story of Paulina's and Maximilian's mutual attachment had transpired through many of the travellers.
5. (loosely, intransitive) To happen, take place. [from 18th c.]
   • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 166:

     Although I was prevented from attending the 1952 annual conference, I was immediately informed as to what had transpired.

Synonyms

• (become known): be revealed, be discovered, come to light
• (happen): come about, come to pass, occur; See also Thesaurus:happen
• (perspire): perspire, sweat

Derived terms

• transpiration

Translations

Anagrams

• earprints, pretrains, terrapins

French

Verb

transpire

1. first-person singular present indicative of transpirer
2. third-person singular present indicative of transpirer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of transpirer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of transpirer
5. second-person singular imperative of transpirer

Anagrams

• reprisant
• respirant
• sprintera

Galician

Verb

transpire

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of transpirar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of transpirar

Portuguese

Verb

transpire

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of transpirar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of transpirar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of transpirar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of transpirar

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tran?spire]

Verb

transpire

1. third-person singular present subjunctive of transpira
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of transpira

Spanish

Verb

transpire

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of transpirar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of transpirar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of transpirar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of transpirar.