# exhalation

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #60,073

## Definitions
1. The act or process of exhaling; breathing out
2. That which is exhaled, or which rises in the form of vapor, fume, or steam
3. A bright phenomenon; a meteor.

## Etymology
From Latin exhālātiō, from exhālō (“to breathe out, to exhale”), from hālō (“to breathe”). Equivalent to exhale + -ation.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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