deflate

Bedeutung (Englisch)

  1. (transitive) To remove air or some other gas from within an elastic container, e.g. a balloon or tyre.
  2. (transitive) To cause an object to decrease or become smaller in some parameter, e.g. to shrink
  3. (transitive) To reduce the amount of available currency or credit and thus lower prices.
  4. (intransitive) To become deflated.
  5. (transitive) To let (someone) down, disappoint them, or put them in their place.
  6. (transitive) To compress (data) according to a particular algorithm.
  7. (slang) To belch or flatulate

Konzepte

Luft ablassen

deflationieren

die Luft verlieren

das Preisniveau senken

in konstanten Preisen ausdrücken

platt werden

Übersetzungen

ξεφουσκώνω

deflacionar

υποτιμώ

ελαττώνω την αξία

فرّغ

desinflar-se

Frequenz

45k
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/diːˈfleɪt/
Etymologie (Englisch)

From de- + (in)flate. Coined in 1891, in reference to balloons. Equivalent to Latin dē- (“away, from”) + Latin flō (“blow”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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