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wheezing

/ˈwiːzɪŋ/

/ˈwizɪŋ/

wheezingnoun

wheezings

Translations

respiration sifflanteTerme médical.

The doctor listened to the patient's chest and noted the wheezing that indicated a possible asthma attack.

Le médecin a écouté la poitrine du patient et a noté la respiration sifflante qui indiquait une possible crise d'asthme.

Additional translations

sifflementSens plus général, pour le bruit respiratoire.

Definitions

A high-pitched whistling sound made while breathing, typically caused by an obstruction in the air passages.

The doctor listened to the patient's chest and noted the wheezing that indicated a possible asthma attack.

The act or state of breathing with a whistling or rattling sound.

His persistent wheezing kept everyone in the ward awake.

Synonyms

wheezinggerund / present participle

/ˈwiːzɪŋ/

Translations

sifflantPour décrire une respiration bruyante ou une personne qui respire avec un sifflement.

They rushed the wheezing patient into the emergency room.

Ils ont transporté le patient sifflant aux urgences.

Definitions

Producing or characterized by a whistling or rattling sound while breathing.

They rushed the wheezing patient into the emergency room.

Synonyms

wheezeverb

wheezing

ing-form

wheezed

Past Simple

wheezed

Past Participle

wheezing

ing-form

/wiːz/

/wiz/

Translations

respirer avec difficultéSe dit d'une respiration sifflante ou rauque.

After running up the hill, he began to wheeze heavily.

Après avoir couru en montant la colline, il s'est mis à respirer avec difficulté.

Additional translations

sifflerPour un objet ou un moteur qui produit un bruit semblable.

Definitions

To breathe with difficulty, producing a hoarse whistling sound.

After running up the hill, he began to wheeze heavily.

To make a sound resembling a wheeze.

The old engine started to wheeze as it struggled to start.

Synonyms

breath heavily

wheezenoun

Definitions

A sound of breathing with a whistling or rattling noise in the chest, as a result of obstruction in the air passages.

The doctor could hear a wheeze in the patient's chest during the examination.

A clever or amusing scheme or trick.

He came up with a wheeze to get everyone to contribute to the charity fund.