transpire
Betekenis (Engels)
- (ambitransitive) To give off (vapour, waste matter etc.); to exhale (an odour etc.).
- (intransitive, obsolete) To perspire.
- (intransitive) Of plants, to give off water and waste products through the stomata.
- (intransitive) To become known; to escape from secrecy.
- (broadly, intransitive) To happen, take place.
Sinonieme
transpirate
be spent
issue forth
steam generation
boil-off
Vertalings
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/tɹænˈspaɪ̯ə(ɹ)/
Etimologie (Engels)
Borrowed from Middle French transpirer, from Medieval Latin transpirare (“to breathe through”), from Latin trans (“across”) spirare (“to breathe”). The sense “to become known” is also present in French, while the sense “to happen” is not; the latter probably developed in English from the former.
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