English

Etymology
From Latin ex- "out of", + spirare, "to breathe" (from the idea that when a person dies, the breath of life goes out of them)

Pronunciation
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-aɪ�(r)|-aɪ�(r)

Intransitive verb
rfc-trverb|Intransitive verb
en-verb|expir|ing

1. to die

#:The old librarian expired last week.

1. to become invalid

#:My library card expired last week.

1. to exhale; to breathe (out).

Translations
trans-top|die
German: versterben
trans-mid
Swedish: dö, avlida, gå bort
trans-bottom
trans-top|become invalid
German: ablaufen, erlöschen, verfallen
trans-mid
Swedish: gå ut, löpa ut
trans-bottom
trans-top|exhale
German: ausatmen
trans-mid
Swedish: andas ut
trans-bottom

Transitive verb
en-verb|expir|ing

1. to exhale something

#:He escaped the garage and expired the carbon monoxide he had been breathing.

Translations
German: ausatmen (1)

Related terms
expiration
expiree
inspire
respiration
respire
spirit

zh-min-nan:expire
fr:expire
io:expire
it:expire
fi:expire
te:expire
vi:expire
zh:expire

• 2007-10-03 04:53 - Interwicket - iwiki +te

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