different between exhale vs suspire

English

Etymology

From Middle French exhaler, from Latin exhalare, from ex (“out”) + halare (“to breathe”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?ks?he?l/
• Rhymes: -e?l

Verb

exhale (third-person singular simple present exhales, present participle exhaling, simple past and past participle exhaled)

1. (intransitive) To expel air from the lungs through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm, to breathe out.
2. (transitive) To expel (something, such as tobacco smoke) from the lungs by action of the diaphragm.
3. (intransitive) To pass off in the form of vapour; to emerge.
   • 2008, Gregor Dallas, Metrostop Paris, John Murray 2009, p. 9:

     Above was a tiled roof – though from that imperfect tiling exhaled stench and pestilence.

4. (transitive) To emit (a vapour, an odour, etc.).

   The earth exhales vapor; marshes exhale noxious effluvia.
5. (transitive) To draw out; to cause to be emitted in vapour.

   The sun exhales the moisture of the earth.

Synonyms

• (breathe out (intransitive)): outbreathe, breathe out, expire (archaic)
• (expel (transitive)): outbreathe, breathe out, expire (archaic)

Antonyms

• (expel (transitive)): inbreathe, breathe in, inhale
• (breathe out (intransitive)): inbreathe, breathe in, inspire

Derived terms

• exhalation

Related terms

• inhalation
• inhale
• inhaler

Translations

Noun

exhale (plural exhales)

1. An exhalation.
   • 2009, David A. Clark, Aaron T. Beck, Cognitive Therapy of Anxiety Disorders: Science and Practice

     Now have client take slower, normal breaths through the nose and notice how the abdomen moves slightly outward with each inhale and then deflates with each exhale.

Further reading

• exhale in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• exhale in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• exhale at OneLook Dictionary Search

French

Verb

exhale

1. first-person singular present indicative of exhaler
2. third-person singular present indicative of exhaler
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of exhaler
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of exhaler
5. second-person singular imperative of exhaler

Portuguese

Verb

exhale

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of exhalar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of exhalar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of exhalar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of exhalar

Spanish

Verb

exhale

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of exhalar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of exhalar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of exhalar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of exhalar.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French suspirer (Modern soupirer), from Latin susp?r?re, present active infinitive of susp?r?. Cognate with Spanish suspirar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??spa??(?)/
• Rhymes: -a??(?)

Verb

suspire (third-person singular simple present suspires, present participle suspiring, simple past and past participle suspired)

1. (literary) To breathe.

   • Fireflies that suspire / In short, soft lapses of transported flame.

2. (literary) To exhale.
3. (literary) To sigh.
   • 1859, Edward Fitzgerald, Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

     Where the White Hand Of Moses on the Bough/Puts out, and Jesus from the Ground suspires.

Synonyms

• (to breathe): see Thesaurus:breathe

Related terms

• suspiral
• suspiration
• suspirious

Noun

suspire (plural suspires)

1. (obsolete) A long, deep breath; a sigh.

Anagrams

• pussier, rises up, uprises

Portuguese

Verb

suspire

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of suspirar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of suspirar
3. first-person singular imperative of suspirar
4. third-person singular imperative of suspirar

Spanish

Verb

suspire

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of suspirar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of suspirar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of suspirar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of suspirar.