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Added 9 October 2026

exhalation

/ˌɛkshəˈleɪ̯ʃən/ noun

In Latin: exhālātiō, efflātiō Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about exhalation at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The act or process of exhaling; breathing out
short exhalations of breath
That which is exhaled, or which rises in the form of vapor, fume, or steam
exhalations from the earth or flowers
A bright phenomenon; a meteor.

Origin

From Latin exhālātiō, from exhālō (“to breathe out, to exhale”), from hālō (“to breathe”). Equivalent to exhale + -ation.

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