different between respirator vs ventilator

English

Etymology

respirate +? -or

Noun

respirator (plural respirators)

1. A device designed to allow breathing when it would otherwise be hindered, as by a medical condition or the presence of poisonous vapors.

   Hyponym: ventilator

Translations

Derived terms

• responaut

Anagrams

• airporters, parrotries

Danish

Noun

respirator c (singular definite respiratoren, plural indefinite respiratorer)

1. respirator

Declension

Further reading

• “respirator” in Den Danske Ordbog

Latin

Verb

resp?r?tor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of resp?r?

Polish

Etymology

From French respirateur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r?s.p?i?ra.t?r/

Noun

respirator m inan

1. ventilator
2. respirator

Declension

Further reading

• respirator in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French respiratoire.

Adjective

respirator m or n (feminine singular respiratoare, masculine plural respiratori, feminine and neuter plural respiratoare)

1. respiratory

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /resp?ra?tor/
• Hyphenation: res?pi?ra?tor

Noun

respìr?tor m (Cyrillic spelling ???????????)

1. respirator

Declension

English

Etymology

ventilate +? -or; cf. Latin ventilator.

Pronunciation

Noun

ventilator (plural ventilators)

1. A device that circulates fresh air and expels stale or noxious air.
2. (medicine) A machine that moves breathable air into and out of the lungs of a patient who is unable to breathe sufficiently.

   Hypernym: respirator

3. (obsolete, slang) A play or an actor so bad as to empty the theater.

Derived terms

Translations

References

• 1897, Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland, A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant

Dutch

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v?nti?la?t?r/

Noun

ventilator m (plural ventilatoren or ventilators, diminutive ventilatortje n)

1. fan, ventilator (device that circulates fresh air)

Latin

Etymology

From ventil? (“to expose to a draught”) +? -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /u?en.ti?la?.tor/, [u??n?t?????ä?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ven.ti?la.tor/, [v?n?t?i?l??t??r]

Noun

ventil?tor m (genitive ventil?t?ris); third declension

1. winnower

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

• ? Dutch: ventilator
• ? English: ventilator
• ? French: ventilateur
• ? Russian: ??????????? (ventiljátor)
• ? Serbo-Croatian: ventìl?tor/???????????

Verb

ventil?tor

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

References

• ventilator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Occitan

Noun

ventilator m (plural ventilators) (Limousin)

1. ventilator, fan

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French ventilateur.

Noun

ventilator n (plural ventilatoare)

1. ventilator, fan

Declension

See also

• evantai

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From ventilírati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ent?la?tor/
• Hyphenation: ven?ti?la?tor

Noun

ventìl?tor m (Cyrillic spelling ???????????)

1. fan, ventilator

Declension

References

• “ventilator” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal