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breathalyzer

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English

Alternative forms

breathalyser(British)

Etymology

Blend ofbreath +‎analyzer. Originally a trademark ofSmith & Wesson.

Pronunciation

Audio(US): (file)

Noun

breathalyzer (pluralbreathalyzers)

Adevice thatmeasuresalcohol inexpiredair so as toestimate theconcentration of alcohol in a person'sblood; used bytrafficpolice in cases ofsuspecteddriving while under theinfluence of alcohol.
- 2012, G. Douglas Ward,Memories of a Small-Town Cop, iUniverse,→ISBN,page73:
  During the three day class we took one day of classroom study followed by one day of operating thebreathalyzer and one day of drinking. Yes, I said drinking.[…] I hated it but I got it down long enough to take thebreathalyzer test. I blew a .11 on the model 900ABreathalyzer.

Usage notes

Often capitalized.

Translations

a device that measures alcohol in expired air

Basque:alkoholimetro
Catalan:alcoholímetre m
Chinese:
Mandarin:酒精測定器 /酒精测定器(jiǔjīng cèdìngqì),酒精檢測儀 /酒精检测仪(jiǔjīng jiǎncèyí)
Czech:foukací balónek m,alkohol test
Finnish:alkometri (fi)
French:éthylotest (fr) m,éthylomètre (fr) m,alcootest (fr) m
Galician:alcoholímetro m,alcolímetro m
German:Blasrohr (de) n(colloquial),Alkoholtester m
Hebrew:יַנְשׁוּף (he) m(yanshúf)
Italian:etilometro (it) m
Japanese:飲酒検知器,アルコール検査
Korean:음주측정기(eumjucheukjeonggi)
Polish:alkomat (pl) m,balonik (pl) m
Portuguese:etilómetro m(Portugal),etilômetro m(Brazil),alcoolímetro m,alcoolómetro m(Portugal),alcoolômetro m(Brazil),bafómetro (pt) m(Portugal),bafômetro (pt) m(Brazil),balão (pt) m(Portugal, colloquial)
Russian:алкотестер (ru) m(alkotester)
Spanish:alcoholímetro (es) m,alcotest (es) m,borrachómetro m
Turkish:alkolmetre (tr)
Ukrainian:please add this translation if you can

Further reading

breathalyzer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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