insufflate

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

1. (transitive) To breathe or blow into or on.
2. (transitive) To treat by blowing a gas, vapor, or powder into a body cavity.
3. (transitive) To inhale (a powder etc.).
4. (transitive) To exhale upon baptismal water, or the one being baptised, as a ritual act.

Συνώνυμα

blow

blow in

blow into

Μεταφράσεις

insufflare

soffiare sopra

einblasen

içine üflemek

üzerine üflemek

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈɪnsʌfleɪt/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

First attested in 1670; borrowed from Latin īnsufflātus, perfect passive participle of īnsufflō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)) from in- + sufflō (“to blow on”). Cognate with French insuffler.