levenslucht
Dutch
Etymology
Compound of leven (“life”) + -s- (“air”, genitival interfix) + lucht. First attested in the late 18th century.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈleː.vənsˌlʏxt/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: le‧vens‧lucht
Noun
levenslucht f (uncountable)
- (obsolete) oxygen [late 18th c. - 19th c.]
- air, considered as life-giving [from 19th c.]
- (figuratively) breath