spiracle

English

Eye and spiracle

Etymology

From Latin spiraculum, from spirare (“to breathe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɪɹəkəl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈspirək(ə)l/

  • Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: spir‧a‧cle

Noun

spiracle (plural spiracles)

1. A pore or opening used (especially by arthropods and some fish) for respiration.
2. The blowhole of a whale, dolphin or other similar species.
3. Any small aperture or vent for air or other fluid.

Derived terms

• spiraculiferous
• spiraculiform
• ultraspiracle

Related terms

• respiration
• respire
• spiracular
• spiraculum

Translations

opening used for breathing

• Bulgarian: дихателен отвор m (dihatelen otvor)
• Catalan: espiracle m
• Esperanto: stigmo
• Finnish: hengitysaukko
• French: spiracle (fr) m
• German: Atemloch n, Spritzloch n, Saugloch n
• Hungarian: légzőnyilás
• Icelandic: andop n, loftæðaop n
• Italian: spiracolo m
• Polish: przetchlinka (pl) f, tryskawka (pl) f
• Portuguese: espiráculo m
• Russian: брызгальце (ru) n (bryzgalʹce)
• Spanish: espiráculo (es) m
• Vietnamese: lỗ thở
• Volapük: hogil (vo)

blowhole

• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: espiracle m
• Finnish: ilmareikä
• German: Atemloch n
• Greek: φυσητήρας (el) m (fysitíras)

  Ancient Greek: φυσητήρ m (phusētḗr)

• Icelandic: blásturshola f, blástursop n
• Māori: tāpihapiha, pihapiha, piha
• Russian: ды́хало (ru) n (dýxalo)

small aperture or vent

• Bulgarian: отдушник (bg) m (otdušnik)
• Esperanto: kelluko
• Finnish: ilmareikä
• French: soupirail (fr) m
• German: Kellerfenster (de) n
• Greek: φυσητήρας (el) m (fysitíras)

  Ancient Greek: φυσητήρ m (phusētḗr)

• Italian: spiraglio (it) m
• Turkish:

  Ottoman Turkish: منفس (menfes)

Anagrams

• calipers, earclips, replicas

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Agen)):

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Noun

spiracle m (plural spiracles)

1. spiracle

Further reading

• “spiracle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012