"air" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /ɛʁ/ Audio: Fr-air.ogg Forms: airs [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French air, aire, from Latin āēr. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|air|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French air, {{inh+|fr|fro|air}} Inherited from Old French air, {{m|fro|aire}} aire, {{inh|fr|la|āēr}} Latin āēr Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} air m (plural airs)
  1. air (gases of the atmosphere) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Atmosphere
    Sense id: en-air-fr-noun-4o1WLDQ2 Disambiguation of Atmosphere: 91 2 5 2 Categories (other): French terms with collocations
  2. tune, aria Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-air-fr-noun-fxYWUYJ4 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 17 39 24 19
  3. appearance Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-air-fr-noun-bRYi0PK8 Categories (other): French terms with collocations
  4. air (pretension) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-air-fr-noun-RDhRbWBk Categories (other): French terms with collocations
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: à l’air, à l’air libre, air comprimé, air de famille, appel d’air, armée de l’air, au grand air, avoir l’air, chambre à air, changer d’air, courant d’air, dans l’air, dans l’air du temps, en l’air, en plein air, foutre en l’air, hôtesse de l’air, les quatre fers en l’air, libre comme l’air, mal de l’air, manche à air, masse d’air, ne pas manquer d’air, pirate de l’air, pistolet à air, police de l’air et des frontières, pomper l’air, prendre des airs, prendre l’air, résistance de l’air, rifle à air, se donner des airs, s’envoyer en l’air, tête en l’air, tirant d’air, trou d’air

Inflected forms

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