demister
noun
demister is a noun meaning “The part of the ventilation system in a motor car that blows hot, dry air against the inside of the windscreen to prevent or remove condensation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled D-E-M-I-S-T-E-R, and it appears about once in every 91 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of demister is demisters.
What does demister mean?
noun
- 1
The part of the ventilation system in a motor car that blows hot, dry air against the inside of the windscreen to prevent or remove condensation.
- 2
Any of various devices that remove droplets of water from air.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of demister
- demisters plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is demister?
Demister appears about once in every 91 million words in written English, the 305,310th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Demister in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense system that removes condensation from the windscreen:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | desembaciador |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does demister come from?
From demist + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).