perspiration

Meaning

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

Synonyms

sweat

😓

sweating

diaphoresis

sudor

hidrosis

sudation

transpiration

exudation

perspire

sudoresis

shvitz

heat

odour

perspiring

swelter

transudation

B.O.

act of perspiring

sweat secretion

Translations

sueur

😓

transpiration

sudore

😓

zweet

😓

suor

😓

sudor

😓

Schweiß

😓

transpiración

ter

😓

ιδρώτας

transpiração

Transpiration

suor

😓

traspirazione

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌpɜːspəˈɹeɪʃən/

Etymology

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.