aerosol

From aero- +‎ sol (“solution”).

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɚ.əˌsɔl/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɚ.əˌsɑl/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɛə.ɹəˌsɒl/

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aerosol (plural aerosols)

1. A mixture of fine solid particles or liquid droplets suspended in a gaseous medium.

   Examples of common aerosols are mist, fog, and smoke.

2. An aerosol can.
3. The payload (e.g. insecticide, paint, oil, cosmetics) and propellant contained by an aerosol can.
4. (physics) A colloidal system in which the dispersed phase is composed of either solid or liquid particles and in which the dispersal medium is some gas, usually air.

• → Cebuano: ayrosol
• → Irish: aerasól

aerosol (third-person singular simple present aerosols, present participle aerosoling, simple past and past participle aerosoled)

1. (transitive) To spray with an aerosol.
   • 1958, Cooperative Economic Insect Report (page 727)

     The door entrance and space going up the steps was aerosoled just before passengers started to enter. A second spray was given after they were aboard.

• Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “aerosol”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
• aerosol at OneLook Dictionary Search

• roseola

From Spanish aerosol (“aerosol”).

• IPA^(key): /aeɾos̺ol/, [a.e̞.ɾo̞.s̺o̞l]

aerosol inan

1. aerosol
2. aerosol can

• "aerosol" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus

• IPA^(key): [ˈaɛrosol]

aerosol m inan

1. aerosol

• aerosolový

• aerosol in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
• aerosol in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Affixed aero- +‎ *sol, from English aerosol.

• IPA^(key): [aeˈrosɔl]
• Hyphenation: aé‧ro‧sol

aerosol (plural aerosol-aerosol, first-person possessive aerosolku, second-person possessive aerosolmu, third-person possessive aerosolnya)

1. (chemistry, physics) aerosol.

• “aerosol” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

From aero- +‎ sol.

aerosol m (invariable)

1. aerosol (all senses)

• aerosolizzare

From aero- +‎ sol (solution).

aerosol m (definite singular aerosolen, indefinite plural aerosoler, definite plural aerosolene)

1. an aerosol

• “aerosol” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From aero- +‎ sol (solution).

aerosol m (definite singular aerosolen, indefinite plural aerosolar, definite plural aerosolane)

1. an aerosol

• “aerosol” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from German Aerosol. First attested in 1932.[1]

• IPA^(key): /a.ɛˈrɔ.sɔl/

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• Rhymes: -ɔsɔl
• Syllabification: a‧e‧ro‧sol

aerosol m inan

1. (rare, physics) Alternative form of aerozol (mixture of fine solid particles or liquid droplets suspended in a gaseous medium)

• aerosol in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• aerosol in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From French aérosol.

aerosol m (plural aerosoli)

1. aerosol

• IPA^(key): /âerosoːl/
• Hyphenation: a‧e‧ro‧sol

ȁerosōl m (Cyrillic spelling а̏еросо̄л)

1. aerosol

• IPA^(key): /aeɾoˈsol/ [a.e.ɾoˈsol]
• Rhymes: -ol
• Syllabification: a‧e‧ro‧sol

aerosol m (plural aerosoles)

1. aerosol (gaseous or airborne cloud of particulate matter)

• “aerosol”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014