aerate

English

Etymology

From Latin aer (“air”) +‎ -ate. Compare French aérer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛːɹeɪt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɛːˈɹeɪt/

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• Rhymes: -eɪt

Verb

aerate (third-person singular simple present aerates, present participle aerating, simple past and past participle aerated)

1. (transitive) To supply with oxygen or air.

   Blood is aerated in the lungs.

2. (transitive, intransitive) To bubble or sparge with a gas, especially oxygen or air.

   Carbon dioxide aerated the drink and made it fizzy.

3. (transitive) To incorporate a gas, especially oxygen or air, into a solid or semisolid material.

   The mousse was aerated by beating rapidly.

Derived terms

• aeratable
• aeration
• aerator
• deaerate
• nonaerating
• overaerate
• reaerate

 

Translations

to supply with oxygen or air

• Bulgarian: газирам (bg) (gaziram), снабдявам с кислород (snabdjavam s kislorod)
• Czech: provzdušnit
• Finnish: ilmastaa
• French: aérer (fr)
• German: belüften (de)
• Irish: aeraigh
• Maori: kuhu haurehu
• Occitan: airejar (oc)
• Polish: napowietrzać, napowietrzyć (pl)
• Portuguese: aerar (pt)
• Spanish: airear (es), gasear (es)

Anagrams

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Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

aerate

1. inflection of aerare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

aerate f pl

1. feminine plural of aerato

Latin

Adjective

aerāte

1. vocative masculine singular of aerātus

Spanish

Verb

aerate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of aerar combined with te