perspiration

B2 Topic:Materials & Substances

US /ˌpɝspəˈɹeɪʃən/ UK /ˌpɜːspəˈɹeɪʃən/ See IPA manual

Freq #34309

Meanings

1

noun
The salty liquid that comes out of your skin when you are hot or nervous; sweat.

Drops of perspiration ran down his forehead in the heat.
2

noun
The process of sweating.

Perspiration helps cool the body during exercise.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the salty liquid that comes... sweat

2 noun · the process of sweating. sweating sudation

Word family

Related forms perspiretranspiration

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Proverbs (1)

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Genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration

Etymology

Borrowed from late Middle French perspiration, from perspirer (“perspire”), from Latin perspirare (“to blow or breathe constantly”), from per (“through”) + spirare (“to breathe, blow”). Morphologically perspire + -ation.

perspiration Middle French perspirare Latin

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Materials & Substances

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# perspiration

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌpɝspəˈɹeɪʃən/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌpɜːspəˈɹeɪʃən/
**Frequency rank:** 34309

## Meanings
1. The salty liquid that comes out of your skin when you are hot or nervous; sweat.
2. The process of sweating.

## Examples
- Drops of perspiration ran down his forehead in the heat.
- Perspiration helps cool the body during exercise.

## Related Forms
- perspire
- transpiration

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: perspiration
- Root: perspirare

## Etymology
Borrowed from late Middle French perspiration, from perspirer (“perspire”), from Latin perspirare (“to blow or breathe constantly”), from per (“through”) + spirare (“to breathe, blow”). Morphologically perspire + -ation.

## AI Etymology
Perspiration was borrowed from late Middle French perspiration, from perspirer (“perspire”), from Latin perspirare (“to blow or breathe constantly”), from per (“through”) + spirare (“to breathe, blow”). Morphologically perspire + -ation. In present-day English it covers the salty liquid that comes out of your skin when you are hot or nervous; sweat and the process of sweating. The wider family includes related forms such as perspire, transpiration.

## Topics
- Materials & Substances

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