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| Domain | Definition |
Personal Care & Hotels | A device to add moisture to air. Source: European Union. (references) |
Energy | A device used to maintain a specified humidity in a conditioned space. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | A special chamber where timber is exposed to saturated steam at 100 degrees Celsius so as to reduce collapse and distortion. Source: European Union. (references) |
Health | A machine that puts moisture in the air. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: HUMIDIFIER |
| Specialty definitions using "HUMIDIFIER": CHECKER-IN ♦ HUMIDIFIER OPERATOR ♦ PRESS BREAKER ♦ SCREEN HANDLER ♦ TREATING-PLANT OPERATOR. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "HUMIDIFIER" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (dampen, humidify, moisten, moisturize). |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Use a humidifier at night. (references) | |
You may get some relief from your symptoms with a humidifier, particularly if room air in your home is heated by a dry forced-air system. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "HUMIDIFIER" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 88.89% of the time. "HUMIDIFIER" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 88.89% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Noun (proper) | 11.11% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 9 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "HUMIDIFIER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | овлажнител. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 润湿器. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | rekonditioneringsanlaeg (reconditioner), opfugtningsanlaeg (reconditioner), luftbefugtningsapparat, luftbefugter (damper, moistener), dampanlaeg, befugter (croupaire, damper, moistener, nebulizer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | reconditioneringsruimte (reconditioner), luchtbevochtiger (damper, moistener), dampdoseerder, bevochtigingsinrichting (damper, moistener), bevochtigingsapparaat, bevochtiger (damper, moistener, surface active agent, wetting agent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | ilmankostutin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | humidificateur, saturateur, chambre de reconditionnement, chambre reconditionner, appareil humidificateur. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | luftbefeuchter (damper, moistener). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συσκευή αύξησης της υγρασίας (damper, moistener), υγροποιητής (damper, moistener), θάλαμος επαναδιορθώσεως υγρασίας (reconditioner). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | umidificatore (damper, moistener). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 湿器 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | かしつき. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 가습기. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | luftfukter. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | umidifierhay humidificador (damper, moistener), câmara de recondicionamento (reconditioner). (various references) увлажнитель (moisturizer). (various references) humectador (damper, moistener), dispositivo de humidificación, cámara de reacondicionamiento (reconditioner). (various references) luftfuktare. (various references) máy giữ độ ẩm không khí, cái l m ẩm. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "HUMIDIFIER": humidifiers. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "HUMIDIFIER": dehumidifier. (additional references) | |
Words containing "HUMIDIFIER": dehumidifiers. (additional references) | |
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"HUMIDIFIER" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: humidifer, humidifyer. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "HUMIDIFIER" (pronounced hyuwmi"dufī'er) |
| 4 | -u f ī' er | amplifier, emulsifier, fortifier, identifier, magnifier, pacifier, purifier, qualifier, rectifier. |
| 3 | -f ī' er | bonfire, campfire, ceasefire, crossfire, foxfire, gunfire, wildfire. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-f-h-i-i-i-m-r-u" | |
-2 letters: humified. | |
-3 letters: iridium. | |
-4 letters: firmed, fumier, humeri. | |
-5 letters: demur, dimer, femur, fermi, fired, fremd, fried, fumed, fumer, hider, hired, humid, imide, medii, mired, mured, murid, rheum, rimed. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-f-h-i-i-i-m-r-u" | |
+1 letter: humidifiers. | |
+2 letters: dehumidifier. | |
+3 letters: dehumidifiers. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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