What does breath mean?

breath means "the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in breath?

breath has 1 syllable: breath. In IPA it is /ˈbɹɛθ/.

What is another word for breath?

Close synonyms include breather, breathing place, breathing space, breathing spell, breathing time. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is breath a common word?

breath is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

breath — meaning, pronunciation and 5 definitions

noun

5 sensesA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
“he took a deep breath and dived into the pool”
“he was fighting to his last breath”
Broaderbodily process
Narrowerexhalation inhalation
2.
the air that is inhaled and exhaled in respiration
“his sour breath offended her”
Broaderair
Narrowerhalitus
3.
a short respite
Synonymsbreather breathing place breathing space breathing spell breathing time
Broaderrespite
4.
an indirect suggestion
“not a breath of scandal ever touched her”
Synonymshint intimation
Broadersuggestion
5.
a slight movement of the air
“there wasn't a breath of air in the room”
Broaderbreeze

Other forms of breath

plural: breaths·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about breath

What does breath mean?: breath means "the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in breath?: breath has 1 syllable: breath. In IPA it is /ˈbɹɛθ/.
What is another word for breath?: Close synonyms include breather, breathing place, breathing space, breathing spell, breathing time. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is breath a common word?: breath is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for breath come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

noun

5 sensesA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
“he took a deep breath and dived into the pool”
“he was fighting to his last breath”
Broaderbodily process
Narrowerexhalation inhalation
2.
the air that is inhaled and exhaled in respiration
“his sour breath offended her”
Broaderair
Narrowerhalitus
3.
a short respite
Synonymsbreather breathing place breathing space breathing spell breathing time
Broaderrespite
4.
an indirect suggestion
“not a breath of scandal ever touched her”
Synonymshint intimation
Broadersuggestion
5.
a slight movement of the air
“there wasn't a breath of air in the room”
Broaderbreeze

Other forms of breath

plural: breaths·

Questions about breath

What does breath mean?: breath means "the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in breath?: breath has 1 syllable: breath. In IPA it is /ˈbɹɛθ/.
What is another word for breath?: Close synonyms include breather, breathing place, breathing space, breathing spell, breathing time. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is breath a common word?: breath is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

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