Breath

//bɹɛθ//

Synonyms for "breath" (295 found)

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Related words (147)

lifeblood light touch little little bit little voice little while living force low voice lull malaria manes mephitis miasma microsecond millisecond mind minute moment mouth-to-mouth resuscitation mumble

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mumbling murmur murmuration murmuring mutter muttering nephesh no time odor onde oxygen mask oxygen tent pair of winks pause pneuma prana psyche puff puff of air puff of smoke puff of wind purusha recess redolence reek rest ruach rub savor scent scuba seat of life sec second self sense of touch shade shadow shake shock short spell short time small space smell smoke smudge sneeze sniff sniffle snore snoring snuff snuffle soft voice soul soupcon span spark of life spell spirit spiritual being spiritus split second spoor spurt stage whisper stagger startle stay steam stench sternutation stertor still small voice stir stir of air stirring streak stroke subtle odor suggestion surcease surprise suspension suspicion susurration susurrus tactile sense taction tap tea break ten tentative poke the self tick time out touch trace trail trice twink twinkle twinkling twitch two shakes underbreath undertone vapor vis vitae vis vitalis vital energy vital flame vital fluid vital force vital principle vital spirit volatile waft water vapor wheeze whiffet whisper whispering wind wink zephyr

Noun(1 words)

onde

Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

15 entries

activity air bodily function bodily process body process breeze gentle wind proffer proposition relief respite rest rest period suggestion zephyr

Antonyms

1 entries

suffocate

Synonyms

14 entries

breathing breathing space exhaling existence hint inhaling life pant respiration respite sigh suspiration vital spark whiff

Related terms

5 entries

breathe breather exhalation inhalation respiration

derived

100 entries

Lizardbreath arse breath arsebreath ass breath ass-breath assbreath baby's breath bad breath beanbreath breath and britches breath check breath control breath guard breath mint breath of fresh air breath of heaven

Showing 16 of 100 words.

etymologically related_to

1 entries

brath

is a

6 entries

air bodily process body movement breeze play respite

related to

62 entries

act activity air air breathed air inhaled air intake air involved air movement amount breathe breathed common sense element exhalation exhale exhale air

Showing 16 of 62 words.

Translations

298 translations across 102 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

asemhaling noun (act or process of breathing)

Albanian

4 entries

frymë noun (single act of breathing in and out)
frymë noun (air expelled from the lungs)
frymë noun (rest or pause)
frymëmarrje noun (act or process of breathing)

Amharic

1 entries

ነፍስ noun (air expelled from the lungs)

Ancient Greek

2 entries

πνοή noun (act or process of breathing)
πνοή noun (single act of breathing in and out)

Arabic

2 entries

نَفَس noun (act or process of breathing)
نَفَس noun (single act of breathing in and out)

Armenian

3 entries

շնչառություն noun (act or process of breathing)
շունչ noun (single act of breathing in and out)
շունչ noun (air expelled from the lungs)

Assamese

3 entries

উশাহ noun (act or process of breathing)
উশাহ-নিশাহ noun (act or process of breathing)
নিশাহ noun (act or process of breathing)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

1 entries

ܢܲܦ̮ܫܵܐ noun (act or process of breathing)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

nəfəs noun (act or process of breathing)
nəfəs noun (single act of breathing in and out)
nəfəs noun (air expelled from the lungs)
tənəffüs noun (act or process of breathing)

Baluchi

2 entries

ساہ noun (act or process of breathing)
نپس noun (act or process of breathing)

Belarusian

3 entries

дыха́нне noun (act or process of breathing)
дыха́ньне noun (act or process of breathing)
узды́х noun (act or process of breathing)

Bengali

1 entries

দম noun (act or process of breathing)

Bikol Central

3 entries

hangos noun (act or process of breathing)
hangos noun (rest or pause)
hinangos noun (air expelled from the lungs)

Breton

1 entries

anal noun (single act of breathing in and out)

Bulgarian

4 entries

вди́шване noun (single act of breathing in and out)
ди́шане noun (act or process of breathing)
диха́ние noun (air expelled from the lungs)
дъх noun (air expelled from the lungs)

Campidanese Sardinian

1 entries

álidu noun (air expelled from the lungs)

Catalan

4 entries

alè noun (single act of breathing in and out)
alè noun (air expelled from the lungs)
alè noun (rest or pause)
respir noun (act or process of breathing)

Central Kurdish

3 entries

ھەناسە noun (act or process of breathing)
ھەناسە noun (single act of breathing in and out)
ھەناسە noun (air expelled from the lungs)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

呼吸 noun (act or process of breathing)
呼吸 noun (air expelled from the lungs)
氣息 /气息 noun (act or process of breathing)

Czech

4 entries

dech noun (act or process of breathing)
dech noun (single act of breathing in and out)
dýchání noun (act or process of breathing)
nádech noun (single act of breathing in and out)

Danish

1 entries

ånde noun (act or process of breathing)

Dutch

4 entries

adem noun (single act of breathing in and out)
adem noun (air expelled from the lungs)
ademhaling noun (act or process of breathing)
adempauze noun (rest or pause)

Erzya

4 entries

лексема noun (act or process of breathing)
лекстявкс noun (air expelled from the lungs)
лекстямо noun (act or process of breathing)
оймень таргсема noun (act or process of breathing)

Esperanto

1 entries

spiro noun (single act of breathing in and out)

Evenki

1 entries

эрин noun (act or process of breathing)

Finnish

4 entries

hengitys noun (act or process of breathing)
hengitys noun (single act of breathing in and out)
hengitys noun (air expelled from the lungs)
hengähdystauko noun (rest or pause)

French

4 entries

haleine noun (air expelled from the lungs)
respiration noun (act or process of breathing)
respiration noun (single act of breathing in and out)
souffle noun (single act of breathing in and out)

Galician

4 entries

alento noun (act or process of breathing)
alento noun (air expelled from the lungs)
folgo noun (act or process of breathing)
folgo noun (air expelled from the lungs)

Gallurese

1 entries

alènu noun (air expelled from the lungs)

Ge'ez

1 entries

ነፍስ noun (air expelled from the lungs)

Georgian

3 entries

ამოსუნთქვა noun (single act of breathing in and out)
სუნთქვა noun (act or process of breathing)
ჩასუნთქვა noun (single act of breathing in and out)

German

4 entries

Atem noun (air expelled from the lungs)
Atempause noun (rest or pause)
Atemzug noun (single act of breathing in and out)
Atmen noun (act or process of breathing)

Greek

4 entries

ανάσα noun (air expelled from the lungs)
ανάσα noun (rest or pause)
αναπνοή noun (act or process of breathing)
αναπνοή noun (single act of breathing in and out)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

souf noun (single act of breathing in and out)

Hebrew

2 entries

הֶבֶל פֶּה noun (air expelled from the lungs)
נְשִׁימָה noun (act or process of breathing)

Hindi

4 entries

दम noun (act or process of breathing)
दम noun (single act of breathing in and out)
नफस noun (act or process of breathing)
नफ़स noun (act or process of breathing)

Hungarian

3 entries

lehelet noun (air expelled from the lungs)
légzés noun (act or process of breathing)
lélegzet noun (air expelled from the lungs)

Icelandic

1 entries

andi noun (act or process of breathing)

Indonesian

3 entries

napas noun (act or process of breathing)
napas noun (single act of breathing in and out)
napas noun (air expelled from the lungs)

Iranian Persian

4 entries

بازْدَم noun (air expelled from the lungs)
دَم noun (act or process of breathing)
دَم noun (single act of breathing in and out)
دَم noun (rest or pause)

Irish

1 entries

anáil noun (act or process of breathing)

Italian

4 entries

alito noun (air expelled from the lungs)
fiato noun (air expelled from the lungs)
lena noun (act or process of breathing)
respiro noun (act or process of breathing)

Japanese

4 entries

呼吸 noun (act or process of breathing)
呼吸 noun (single act of breathing in and out)
息 noun (single act of breathing in and out)
息 noun (air expelled from the lungs)

Kabuverdianu

2 entries

bafu noun (air expelled from the lungs)
bófe noun (air expelled from the lungs)

Kazakh

3 entries

дем noun (act or process of breathing)
дем noun (air expelled from the lungs)
дем алу noun (act or process of breathing)

Korean

2 entries

숨 noun (act or process of breathing)
호흡 noun (act or process of breathing)

Kyrgyz

4 entries

болмуш noun (act or process of breathing)
дем noun (act or process of breathing)
дем алуу noun (act or process of breathing)
дем тартуу noun (act or process of breathing)

Latgalian

1 entries

dvašuot noun (act or process of breathing)

Latin

1 entries

spīritus noun (act or process of breathing)

Latvian

4 entries

dvaša noun (air expelled from the lungs)
dvašošana noun (act or process of breathing)
elpa noun (air expelled from the lungs)
elpošana noun (act or process of breathing)

Lithuanian

1 entries

kvėpavimas noun (act or process of breathing)

Luxembourgish

2 entries

Ootmung noun (act or process of breathing)
Otem noun (air expelled from the lungs)

Macedonian

4 entries

дишење noun (act or process of breathing)
здив noun (single act of breathing in and out)
здив noun (air expelled from the lungs)
оддишка noun (rest or pause)

Malay

1 entries

nafas noun (act or process of breathing)

Manchu

1 entries

ᡝᡵᡤᡝᠨ noun (act or process of breathing)

Mansaka

2 entries

ginawa noun (air expelled from the lungs)
napas noun (air expelled from the lungs)

Manx

3 entries

ennal noun (act or process of breathing)
ennal noun (single act of breathing in and out)
ennal noun (air expelled from the lungs)

Marathi

1 entries

श्वास noun (act or process of breathing)

Māori

1 entries

manawa noun (act or process of breathing)

Nanai

1 entries

эриэн noun (act or process of breathing)

Northern Kurdish

4 entries

bêhn noun (act or process of breathing)
henase noun (act or process of breathing)
hilm noun (act or process of breathing)
nefes noun (act or process of breathing)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries

andedrag noun (single act of breathing in and out)
pust noun (act or process of breathing)
åndedrag noun (single act of breathing in and out)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

andedrag noun (single act of breathing in and out)
pust noun (act or process of breathing)

Occitan

4 entries

alen noun (single act of breathing in and out)
alen noun (air expelled from the lungs)
alen noun (rest or pause)
respiracion noun (act or process of breathing)

Odia

1 entries

ପ୍ରାଣ noun (act or process of breathing)

Old Czech

1 entries

dech noun (act or process of breathing)

Old English

3 entries

ǣþm noun (act or process of breathing)
ǣþm noun (single act of breathing in and out)
ǣþm noun (air expelled from the lungs)

Oromo

1 entries

hafuura noun (act or process of breathing)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries

باد noun (act or process of breathing)
باد noun (single act of breathing in and out)
باد noun (air expelled from the lungs)
دم noun (act or process of breathing)

Pashto

1 entries

سا noun (act or process of breathing)

Plautdietsch

2 entries

Odem noun (act or process of breathing)
Odem noun (single act of breathing in and out)

Polish

2 entries

oddech noun (act or process of breathing)
oddychanie noun (act or process of breathing)

Portuguese

4 entries

alento noun (act or process of breathing)
bafo noun (air expelled from the lungs)
folga noun (rest or pause)
fôlego noun (act or process of breathing)

Quechua

3 entries

sama noun (single act of breathing in and out)
sama noun (rest or pause)
samay noun (act or process of breathing)

Romanian

4 entries

alenă noun (air expelled from the lungs)
halenă noun (air expelled from the lungs)
respirație noun (act or process of breathing)
suflu noun (single act of breathing in and out)

Russian

4 entries

вздох noun (act or process of breathing)
вздох noun (single act of breathing in and out)
вздох noun (air expelled from the lungs)
дыха́ние noun (act or process of breathing)

Sanskrit

1 entries

प्राण noun (act or process of breathing)

Sardinian

1 entries

alènu noun (air expelled from the lungs)

Sassarese

1 entries

arenu noun (air expelled from the lungs)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

dísānje noun (act or process of breathing)
dȁh noun (act or process of breathing)
да̏х noun (act or process of breathing)
ди́са̄ње noun (act or process of breathing)

Slovak

3 entries

dych noun (air expelled from the lungs)
dýchanie noun (act or process of breathing)
oddych noun (rest or pause)

Slovene

2 entries

dih noun (act or process of breathing)
dihanje noun (act or process of breathing)

Somali

1 entries

neef noun (act or process of breathing)

Spanish

4 entries

aliento noun (single act of breathing in and out)
aliento noun (air expelled from the lungs)
huelgo noun (single act of breathing in and out)
huelgo noun (air expelled from the lungs)

Swedish

4 entries

andedräkt noun (air expelled from the lungs)
andetag noun (single act of breathing in and out)
andhämtning noun (rest or pause)
andning noun (act or process of breathing)

Tajik

4 entries

дам noun (act or process of breathing)
нафас noun (act or process of breathing)
нафасгирӣ noun (act or process of breathing)
нафаскашӣ noun (act or process of breathing)

Tamil

1 entries

மூச்சு noun (act or process of breathing)

Tausug

1 entries

napas noun (act or process of breathing)

Telugu

2 entries

ఊపిరి noun (act or process of breathing)
శ్వాస noun (act or process of breathing)

Tetum

1 entries

nawan noun (act or process of breathing)

Turkish

4 entries

nefes noun (act or process of breathing)
nefes noun (single act of breathing in and out)
nefes noun (air expelled from the lungs)
soluk noun (act or process of breathing)

Tày

1 entries

ai noun (act or process of breathing)

Ugaritic

1 entries

𐎐𐎔𐎌 noun (act or process of breathing)

Ukrainian

2 entries

дих noun (act or process of breathing)
диха́ння noun (act or process of breathing)

Urdu

3 entries

دَم noun (act or process of breathing)
سان٘س noun (act or process of breathing)
نَفَس noun (act or process of breathing)

Uzbek

2 entries

dam noun (act or process of breathing)
nafas noun (act or process of breathing)

Vietnamese

1 entries

hô hấp noun (act or process of breathing)

Vilamovian

1 entries

ödum noun (air expelled from the lungs)

Walloon

2 entries

alinne noun (air expelled from the lungs)
shofla noun (air expelled from the lungs)

Welsh

4 entries

anadl noun (act or process of breathing)
anadl noun (single act of breathing in and out)
anadl noun (air expelled from the lungs)
chwyth noun (single act of breathing in and out)

Yiddish

1 entries

אָטעם noun (air expelled from the lungs)

Zazaki

2 entries

fiq noun (act or process of breathing)
nefes noun (act or process of breathing)

Sample sentences

24 total sentences available.

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You have foul breath.

Source: tatoeba (15928)

In this harsh, petty world where money does the talking, his way of life is like a breath of fresh air.

Source: tatoeba (18627)

The excited woman tried to explain the accident all in one breath.

Source: tatoeba (18938)

After running up the hill, I was completely out of breath.

Source: tatoeba (19851)

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Breath

Synonyms for "breath" (295 found)

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Related words (147)

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Translations

Afrikaans

Albanian

Amharic

Ancient Greek

Arabic

Armenian

Assamese

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Azerbaijani

Baluchi

Belarusian

Bengali

Bikol Central

Breton

Bulgarian

Campidanese Sardinian

Catalan

Central Kurdish

Chinese Mandarin

Czech

Danish

Dutch

Erzya

Esperanto

Evenki

Finnish

French

Galician

Gallurese

Ge'ez

Georgian

German

Greek

Haitian Creole

Hebrew

Hindi

Hungarian

Icelandic

Indonesian

Iranian Persian

Irish

Italian

Japanese

Kabuverdianu

Kazakh

Korean

Kyrgyz

Latgalian

Latin

Latvian

Lithuanian

Luxembourgish

Macedonian

Malay

Manchu

Mansaka

Manx

Marathi

Māori

Nanai

Northern Kurdish

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Nynorsk

Occitan

Odia