# respirator
## English
### Etymology

From respirate +‎ -or.

### Noun

respirator (plural respirators)
* A facemask designed to keep out harmful dusts, fumes, and mists.
    Hyponym: ventilator
** (occupational safety and health) A form of personal protective equipment, or PPE.
    The N95 respirator is designed to filter out 95 percent of particles 0.3 microns in size.
*** 2006 April 8, Rick Weiss, “Nanotech Raises Worker-Safety Questions”, in The Washington Post‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 October 2022‎:Similarly, a few studies have suggested that high-quality respirators can trap 95 percent of nanoparticles. But "whether 95 percent efficiency is good enough or not is still open to discussion," said Hung Min Chein of the Industrial Technology Research Institute in Chutung, Taiwan, who is studying the issue.
*** 2020 March 30, Andrew Jacobs, Rachel Abrams, “Hive Mind of Makers Rises to Meet Pandemic”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:A national hive mind has come to life on an open source Facebook group where hundreds of strangers trade tips on making respirator masks with baby wipes and paper towels, […]
** A device designed to allow breathing when it would otherwise be hindered, as by a medical condition or the presence of poisonous vapors.
    The house painters were each officially required to wear a respirator, but this was sometimes disregarded in the extreme heat.

#### Derived terms

* Both respirator
* responaut

#### Related terms

* irrespirable

#### Translations
### Further reading

* respirator on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* respirator on the Simple English Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{simple}$

### Anagrams

* airporters, parrotries

## Danish
### Noun

respirator c (singular definite respiratoren, plural indefinite respiratorer)
* respirator

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “respirator” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Latin
### Verb

respīrātor
* second/third-person singular future passive imperative of respīrō

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French respirateur.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rɛs.piˈra.tɔr/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -atɔr
* Syllabification: res‧pi‧ra‧tor

### Noun

respirator m inan
* ventilator (machine that moves breathable air into and out of the lungs of a patient who is unable to breathe sufficiently)
* respirator (device designed to allow breathing when it would otherwise be hindered, as by a medical condition or the presence of poisonous vapors)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* respirator in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* respirator in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French respiratoire. By surface analysis, respira +‎ -tor.

### Adjective

respirator m or n (feminine singular respiratoare, masculine plural respiratori, feminine and neuter plural respiratoare)
* respiratory

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /respǐraːtor/
* Hyphenation: res‧pi‧ra‧tor

### Noun

respìrātor m (Cyrillic spelling респѝра̄тор)
* respirator

#### Declension
## Swedish
### Noun

respirator c
* respirator

#### Declension
### References

* respirator in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* respirator in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* respirator in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)