smog
English
Etymology
Portmanteau/Blend of smoke + fog.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
smog (countable and uncountable, plural smogs)
- A noxious mixture of particulates and gases that is the result of urban air pollution.
- Synonyms: pea-souper, pea-soup fog
Hyponyms
- black smog (combination of smoke and fog; stereotypical 19th century London smog)
- photochemical smog (brown haze and ozone; stereotypical 1980s Los Angeles afternoon smog)
- summer smog
Derived terms
Translations
urban air pollution
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Verb
smog (third-person singular simple present smogs, present participle smogging, simple past and past participle smogged)
- (informal) To get a smog check; to check a vehicle or have it checked for emissions.
- If the car is more than five years old, you'll have to have it smogged before you can register it.
References
- smog at OneLook Dictionary Search
- Olga Kornienko, Grinin L, Ilyin I, Herrmann P, Korotayev A (2016), “Social and Economic Background of Blending”, in Globalistics and Globalization Studies: Global Transformations and Global Future, Uchitel Publishing House, →ISBN, pages 220–225
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsmok]
Declension
Derived terms
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzmɔɡ/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɔɡ
- Hyphenation: smòg
Polish
Declension
Portuguese
Romanian
Declension
declension of smog (singular only)
singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) smog | smogul |
genitive/dative | (unui) smog | smogului |
vocative | smogule |
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /smôɡ/
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /esˈmoɡ/ [ezˈmoɣ̞], /ˈsmoɡ/ [ˈzmoɣ̞]
- Rhymes: -oɡ
- Syllabification: smog
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