perspiration

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. (uncountable, usually) The action or process of perspiring.
  2. (metonymically, uncountable, usually) Synonym of hard work.
  3. (uncountable, usually) Sweat (fluid).

Frekwensie

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Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˌpɜːspəˈɹeɪʃən/
Etimologie (Engels)

Borrowed from late Middle French perspiration, from perspirer (“perspire”), from Latin perspirare (“to blow or breathe constantly”), from per (“through”) + spirare (“to breathe, blow”). Morphologically perspire + -ation.

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