different between inhaler vs inspirator

English

Etymology

inhale +? -er

Noun

inhaler (plural inhalers)

1. One who inhales.
   • 1963, Consumers Union of United States, Consumer reports (volume 28, page 277)

     The exposure of the mouse lungs to smoke was, of course, relatively mild as compared with the exposure of the lungs of a human smoke-inhaler who gets true cancer.

2. (medicine) A device with a canister holding medicine (either in powder or gas form) which is sprayed and inhaled by the patient, often for treating asthma and other respiratory diseases.

Derived terms

• metered-dose inhaler
• dry powder inhaler

Translations

Anagrams

• hernial

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.na.le/
• Homophones: inhalé, inhalée, inhalées, inhalés, inhalez

Verb

inhaler

1. to inhale.

Conjugation

Further reading

• “inhaler” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

inh?ler

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of inh?l?

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

inhaler

1. imperative of inhalere

English

Etymology

From Late Latin, from inspirare (“to inspire”) (from in- + spirare (“to breathe”)) +? -tor

Noun

inspirator (plural inspirators)

1. An inspirer; one who inspires.
2. An inhaler; one who inhales.
3. A kind of injector for forcing water by steam.

Related terms

• inspiration
• inspiratory

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

From Late Latin, from inspirare (“to inspire”), + -tor. Cognate with, and possibly derived via, English inspirator or German Inspirator.

Pronunciation

Noun

inspirator m (plural inspiratoren or inspirators, diminutive inspiratortje n)

1. An inspirer, inspirator, one that gives (creative) inspiration

Synonyms

• bezieler m

inspirator prlajar

Latin

Verb

?nsp?r?tor

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of ?nsp?r?
2. third-person singular future passive imperative of ?nsp?r?

References

• inspirator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• inspirator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Romanian

Etymology

From French inspirateur.

Noun

inspirator m (plural inspiratori)

1. inspirer

Declension