breather

English

Etymology

breathe +‎ -er (agent noun suffix) or +‎ -er (relational noun suffix)

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /bɹiː.ðə(ɹ)/
- Audio (Southern England) (file)
Rhymes: -iːðə(ɹ)

Noun

breather (plural breathers)

Something or someone that breathes.
(specifically) A heavy breather.
A short break; a rest or respite.
After a short breather she was ready to continue up the hill.
(physics) A spatially localized, time-periodic excitation in a one-dimensional lattice.
(colloquial, dated) That which puts one out of breath, such as violent exercise.
(mechanics) An air inlet path to the crankcase

Synonyms

(short break): hiatus, moratorium, recess; see also Thesaurus:pause

Derived terms

Translations

something that breathes

Catalan: respirador m
Finnish: hengittäjä
German: Atmende m or f
Spanish: respirador (es) m
Turkish: nefes alan

short break

Finnish: hengähdysaika, hengähdystauko (fi)
French: pause (fr) f
German: Verschnaufpause (de) f, (colloquial) Atempause (de) f
Manx: aash veg f
Polish: odsapka f
Slovak: oddych m
Spanish: respiro (es) m
Turkish: ara (tr)

physics: kind of excitation

Anagrams

Eberhart

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