different between ventilation vs ventilate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French ventilation, from Old French ventilacion, from Late Latin ventilatio, from Latin ventilo.Morphologically ventilate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

ventilation (countable and uncountable, plural ventilations)

1. The replacement of stale or noxious air with fresh.
   • 1991, Robert DeNiro (actor), Backdraft:

     So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before or after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline?

2. The mechanical system used to circulate and replace air.
3. An exchange of views during a discussion.
4. The public exposure of an issue or topic.
5. The bodily process of breathing; the inhalation of air to provide oxygen, and the exhalation of spent air to remove carbon dioxide.
6. (medicine) The mechanical system used to assist breathing.

Related terms

• ventilate

Translations

Anagrams

• antiviolent

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin ventilatio, ventilationem, from Latin ventilo.

Pronunciation

Noun

ventilation f (plural ventilations)

1. ventilation: replacement of stale or noxious air with fresh.
2. ventilation: mechanical system used to circulate and replace air.
3. repartition

Related terms

• ventiler

Further reading

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

Interlingua

Noun

ventilation (uncountable)

1. ventilation

English

Etymology

From Middle English, borrowed from Latin ventil?tus, past participle of ventil?.

Pronunciation

Verb

ventilate (third-person singular simple present ventilates, present participle ventilating, simple past and past participle ventilated)

1. To replace stale or noxious air with fresh.
2. To circulate air through a building, etc.
3. To provide with a vent.
4. To expose something to the circulation of fresh air.
5. To expose something to public examination or discussion.
6. (medicine) To provide manual or mechanical breathing to a patient.
7. (slang) To shoot with a firearm; to pierce with bullets.

Related terms

• ventilation

Translations

Anagrams

• tail event

Italian

Adjective

ventilate

1. feminine plural of ventilato

Verb

ventilate

1. second-person plural present indicative of ventilare
2. second-person plural imperative of ventilare
3. feminine plural of ventilato

Anagrams

• levitante

Latin

Verb

ventil?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ventil?