English Explanatory Dictionary

air

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The substance constituting Earth's atmosphere: a gaseous mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and various trace gases.
  2. The substance of the atmosphere seen as an agency of freshness.
  3. One of the four elements of the ancient Greeks and Romans.
  4. A local environment or atmosphere, in the context of its effects on behavior, health, weather, etc.
  5. The substance of the atmosphere on a planet other than Earth.
  6. The apparently open space above the ground which this substance fills, (historical) formerly thought to be limited by the firmament but (meteorology) now considered to be surrounded by the near-vacuum of outer space.
  7. A breeze; a gentle wind.
  8. A feeling or sense.
  9. A sense of poise, graciousness, or quality.
  10. Pretension; snobbishness; pretence that one is better than others.
  11. A melody or song, especially a solo; an aria.
  12. Nothing; absence of anything.
verb
  1. To bring (something) into contact with the air, so as to freshen or dry it.
  2. To let fresh air into (a room or a building), to ventilate.
  3. To make public (an opinion, concern, issue, secret, differences, etc); to present to public view (and sometimes discussion).
  4. To broadcast (a television show etc.).
  5. To be broadcast.
  6. To ignore (a person).
verb
  1. Pronunciation spelling of are.
name
  1. Initialism of All India Radio, the national public radio broadcaster of India.
  2. Initialism of American Institutes for Research, a nonprofit research organization in the United States.
  3. The station code of Airport in Hong Kong.
  4. Initialism of All India Rank.

Pronunciation

/ˈɛə̯/ /ˈɛː/ En-uk-air.ogg /ˈɜː/ /ˈeː/ /ˈeə̯/ [ˈe̝ə̯] /ˈiə̯/ /ˈɛɚ/ [ˈɛɚ] ~ [ˈɛɹ̩] en-us-air.ogg /ˈeɾ/ [ˈeːɾ]

Word forms

air airs aire ayre eyr ayr airing aired

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)bor. Latin āēr Old French airbor. Middle English aire English air From Middle English aire, from Old French air, from Latin āēr, from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr). Displaced native Old English lyft. More at lift, loft.

Synonyms

atmosphere aura luft nimbus gas wind

Related words

aerate aero- aria

Derived words

acid of air air ace air admittance vent air ambulance air bag airbag airball air ball airband air bangs air base air-bath air bath airbeam air bearing air bed airbed airbill air biscuit air bladder airblast air-blown asphalt Airbnb airboard airboat airbomb airborne air bounce airbound airbox air-box airbrake air brake air-braked airbraked airbrasion airbrasive airbreather air-breathing airbreathing air brick airbridge air bridge air-brush air brush airbrush air bubble air-built air-burst air burst airburst airbus aircab air cadet aircar air cargo air carrier air castle air cell air chain

Translations

Abaza: хӏауа Abenaki: awan Abkhaz: аҳаир Afrikaans: lug Albanian: gaft Albanian: ajër Southern Altai: кей Southern Altai: јел Amharic: አየር Arabic: هَوَاء Arabic: هوا Arabic: هْوا Aramaic: ܐܐܪ Aramaic: ܦܘܚܐ Armenian: օդ Aromanian: aerã Aromanian: air Assamese: বায়ু Asturian: aire Avar: гьава Azerbaijani: hava Bashkir: һауа Basque: aire Belarusian: паве́тра Bengali: বায়ু Bhojpuri: हवा Breton: aer Bulgarian: въ́здух Burmese: လေ Buryat: агаар Carpathian Rusyn: воздух Catalan: aire Cebuano: hangin Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴰⴹⵓ Chamicuro: timili Chechen: хӏаваъ Cherokee: ᎤᏃᎴ Chinese Cantonese: 空氣 /空气 Chinese: кунчи Chinese: 空氣 /空气 Eastern Min Chinese: 空氣 /空气 Hakka Chinese: 空氣 /空气 Chinese Mandarin: 空氣 /空气 Wu Chinese: 空氣 /空气 Chuvash: сывлӑш East Circassian: хьэуа West Circassian: жьы Catalan: ventilar Finnish: tuulettaa Finnish: ilmaista Finnish: päästää ilmoille Finnish: lähettää Russian: распространять Russian: транслировать Slovak: ventilovať Slovak: vysielať Bulgarian: предавам по радиото Dutch: uitzenden French: mettre à l'antenne French: diffuser German: ausstrahlen Hebrew: שידר Indonesian: menyiarkan Indonesian: menayangkan Italian: mandare in onda Lithuanian: transliuoti Macedonian: емитува Polish: emitować Portuguese: transmitir Romanian: transmite Serbo-Croatian: emitirati Slovene: oddajati Spanish: retransmitir Thai: ออกอากาศ
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