aerator

English

Etymology

From aerate ‎ -or.

Noun

aerator (plural aerators)

1. A device which mixes air with a substance, particularly soil or a liquid.

   Antonym: deaerator

   faucet aerator

2. A device used for charging mineral waters with gas and in making soda water.
3. A fumigator used to bleach grain, destroying fungi and insects.

Derived terms

• faucet aerator
• top aerator

 

Related terms

• aerate
• aeration

Descendants

• → Polish: aerator

Translations

a device which mixes air with a substance

• Finnish: ilmastin
• German: Belüfter m, Belüftungsanlage (de) f
• Irish: aerthóir m
• Polish: aerator (pl) m
• Portuguese: aerador m
• Romanian: afânător (ro) n

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English aerator. By surface analysis, aero- ‎ -ator. First attested in 1874.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ɛˈra.tɔr/

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• Rhymes: -atɔr
• Syllabification: a‧e‧ra‧tor

Noun

aerator m inan

1. aerator

   mechaniczny aerator ― mechanical aerator

   aerator powierzchniowy ― surface aerator

   działanie aeratora ― operation of an aerator

Declension

Declension of aerator

	singular	plural
nominative	aerator	aeratory
genitive	aeratora	aeratorów
dative	aeratorowi	aeratorom
accusative	aerator	aeratory
instrumental	aeratorem	aeratorami
locative	aeratorze	aeratorach
vocative	aeratorze	aeratory

Further reading

• aerator in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• aerator in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French aérateur.

Noun

aerator n (plural aeratoare)

1. aerator

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	aerator	aeratorul		aeratoare	aeratoarele
genitive-dative	aerator	aeratorului		aeratoare	aeratoarelor
vocative	aeratorule			aeratoarelor