aerate

aerate

English

Etymology

From Latin aer (“air”) +‎ -ate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛːreɪt/

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Verb

aerate (third-person singular simple present aerates, present participle aerating, simple past and past participle aerated)

1. (transitive) To supply with oxygen or air. Example: "Blood is aerated in the lungs."
2. (transitive) To bubble or sparge with a gas, especially oxygen or air. Example: "The drink was aerated with carbon dioxide, making it fizzy."
3. (intransitive) To bubble or sparge with a gas, especially oxygen or air. Example: "The microbial growth medium was aerated at a rate of 5 litres per minute."
4. (transitive) To incorporate a gas, especially oxygen or air, into a solid or semisolid material. Example: "The mousse was aerated by beating rapidly."

Derived terms

• aeration
• aerator

Translations

to supply with oxygen or air

Bulgarian: газирам (bg) (gaziram), снабдявам с кислород (snabdjavam s kislorod) Czech: provzdušnit Finnish: ilmastaa French: aérer (fr) German: belüften (de) Irish: aeraigh Maori: kuhu haurehu Polish: napowietrzać, napowietrzyć (pl) Portuguese: aerar (pt) Spanish: airear (es), gasear (es)

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Italian

Verb

aerate

1. inflection of aerare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Participle

aerate f pl

1. feminine plural of aerato

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Latin

Adjective

aerāte

1. vocative masculine singular of aerātus