Definition
The act or process of breathing into something; infusion of breath or life force.
Etymology
From 'embreathe' plus the suffix '-ment,' which converts verbs into nouns describing actions or states. This abstract noun follows standard English word-formation patterns.
Kelly Says
This word embodies an ancient philosophical concept—that life itself is literally breath, which is why 'spirit' and 'respiration' share the same Latin root, and why we still say someone's 'last breath.'
Translations
CACatalà
respiració
re-spi-ra-syon
CSČeština
dýchání
dy-cha-ni
DADansk
åndedrækning
a-nded-re-k-ning
ELΕλληνικά
αναπνοή
ana-pno-i
ESEspañol
respiración
re-spi-ra-syon
FISuomi
hengitys
hen-gi-tys
FRFrançais
respiration
re-spi-ra-syon
HEעברית
הנשמה
ha-ne-she-ma
IDBahasa Indonesia
pernapasan
per-na-pa-san
ITItaliano
respirazione
re-spi-ra-syon
MSBahasa Melayu
pernapasan
per-na-pa-san
NLNederlands
ademhaling
a-dem-ha-ling
PTPortuguês
respiração
re-spi-ra-syon
RORomână
respirație
re-spi-ra-tie
RUРусский
дыхание
dy-kha-ni-ye
SVSvenska
andning
an-ning
SWKiswahili
kupumua
koo-pu-mwa
TRTürkçe
nefes alma
ne-fes al-ma
UKУкраїнська
дихання
dy-khan-nya
VITiếng Việt
hít thở
hit tho