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Added 2 October 2026

breath

/bɹɛθ/ noun

In Latin: spīritus Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about breath at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The act or process of breathing.
I could hear the breath of the runner behind me.
A single act of breathing in or out; a breathing of air.
I took a deep breath and started the test.
Air expelled from the lungs.
I could feel the runner's breath on my shoulder.

adjective

voiceless, surd; contrasting with voice (breath sounds, voice sounds)

verb

Misspelling of breathe.
In the polar regions one finds dark cold waters with few places to breath.

Origin

From Middle English breeth, breth, from Old English brǣþ (“odor, scent, stink, exhalation, vapor”), from Proto-West Germanic *brāþi (“vapour, waft, exhalation, breath”) (compare German Brodem (“haze, vapor; breath”), of a different but related formation).

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