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Definition: Inhaler |
InhalerNoun1. A dispenser that produces a chemical vapor to be inhaled in order to relieve nasal congestion. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "inhaler" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1902. (references) |
Synonym: InhalerSynonym: inhalator (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Inhaler |
| Non-English Usage: "Inhaler" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (inhale). |
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Lyrics | I had to tie you down and strap on you inhaler (Lunatic To Love; performing artist: The Residents) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Gasometer and Inhaler. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Allis' Ether Inhaler. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Lente's Ether Inhaler. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Ormsby's Ether Inhaler. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Modification Inhaler of Skinner and Charriere, of Paris. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Cushman's Menthol Inhaler / Gies & Co., Buffalo. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Take off the cap and shake the inhaler. (references) | |
If you see “powder” in or around the hole, clean the inhaler. (references) | ||
Hold your inhaler the way your doctor said (A, B, or C below). (references) | ||
Human Rights | Yugoslavia | Filipovic, an asthmatic, was detained for 5 hours and suffered an intense asthma attack but was forbidden to use his inhaler. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Inhaler" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Inhaler" is used about 45 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) | 100% | 45 | 50,900 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "inhaler": non-inhaler. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; 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 "inhaler"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | inhalator, filtër ajri, aparat për thithje ilaçi. (various references) | |
Arabic | منشاق جهاز للإستنشاق, المستنشق (inhalant). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | въздушен филтър, пушач който гълта дима, инхалатор (inhalant). (various references) | |
Chinese | 吸入器. (various references) | |
Czech | inhalaèní přístroj, inhalátor. (various references) | |
Danish | inhaler (inhalator), inhalator (inhalator), forstoever (inhalator). (various references) | |
Dutch | inhaleertoestelletje (inhalator), inhalator (inhalator), inhalatietoestel (inhalator). (various references) | |
French | inhalateur (inhalator). (various references) | |
German | Inhalator (inhalator), Croupette (inhalator). (various references) | |
Greek | εισπνευστήρας (inhalator), εισπνευστήρ (aspirator), ψεκαστήρας (atomiser, atomizer, distributor, inhalator, sprayer, sprinkler). (various references) | |
Hebrew | משאף (inhalator). (various references) | |
Hungarian | inhalálókészülék. (various references) | |
Italian | inalatore (inhalator). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 吸入器 (an inhaler). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | きゅうにゅうき (an inhaler). (various references) | |
Manx | ynennalleyr, tayrneyder stiagh. (various references) | |
Norwegian | inhalator. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | inhaleray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | inalador (inspirator). (various references) | |
Romanian | inhalator. (various references) | |
Russian | ингалятор (inhalant, inhalator). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | osoba koja inhalira. (various references) | |
Spanish | inhalador (inhalant). (various references) | |
Swedish | inhalator (inhalator). (various references) | |
Thai | เครื่องช่วยหายใจ, ผู้สูด. (various references) | |
Turkish | içine çeken kimse, soluk aldırma cihazı. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | інгалятор (inhalant), респіратор (inspirator, respirator). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | máy hô hấp, cái để xông người hít vào. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "inhaler": inhalers. (additional references) | |
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"Inhaler" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Anhalter, enhale, inhelper, inwaser, Nihali. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "inhaler" (pronounced i'nhā"ler) |
| 3 | -ā" l er | bailer, bailor, jailer, Mailer, Sailer, sailor, scalar, semitrailer, tailor, Thaler, trailer, whaler. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: hernial. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-h-i-l-n-r" | |
-1 letter: aliner, hailer, hernia, inhale, larine, linear, nailer, renail, rhinal. | |
-2 letters: alien, aline, anile, ariel, elain, haler, hilar, learn, liane, liner, renal. | |
-3 letters: airn, anil, aril, earl, earn, elan, elhi, haen, hail, hair, hale, hare, harl, heal, hear, heil, heir, herl, hern, hila, hire, ilea, lain, lair, lane, lari, lean, lear, lehr, liar, lien. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-h-i-l-n-r" | |
+1 letter: hairline, hardline, hibernal, inhalers, inhauler, narghile, nargileh. | |
+2 letters: allethrin, ashlering, earthling, hairlines, haltering, harlequin, headliner, heralding, inhaulers, lathering, narghiles, nargilehs, parhelion, philander, planisher, shearling. | |
+3 letters: allethrins, anglerfish, blandisher, blathering, branchline, chandelier, chloramine, chlorinate, disenthral, earthlings, euryhaline, harlequins, headliners, heavenlier, highlander, hinterland, inthralled, languisher, leathering, longhaired, nalorphine, nephridial, philanders, planishers, rehandling, rhizoplane, ringhalses, shearlings, shrinkable, slathering. | |
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