🇬🇧 en fr 🇫🇷

inhalation noun

  /ˌɪnhəˈleɪʃən/ , [ˌɪnɦəˈleɪʃn̩]
  • The act of inhaling; inbreathing.
 inhalation

inhale verb

  /ɪnˈheɪl/
  • (intransitive) To draw air into the lungs, through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm.
 inspirer, inhaler
  • (transitive) To draw air or any form of gas (either in a pure form, or mixed with small particles in form of aerosols/smoke -sometimes stemming from a medicament) into the lungs, through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm.
 inhaler, aspirer
  • (transitive, figuratively) To eat very quickly.
 ingurgiter

inhaler noun

  • (medicine) A device with a canister holding medicine (either in powder or gas form) which is sprayed and inhaled by the patient, often for treating asthma and other respiratory diseases.
 inhalateur

🇫🇷 fr en 🇬🇧

inhalation noun {f}

  /i.na.la.sjɔ̃/
inhalation
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