English Etymology From breathe + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (relational noun suffix). Pronunciation (UK) IPA(key): /bɹiː.ðə(ɹ)/ Audio (Southern England):(file) Audio (US):(file) Rhymes: -iːðə(ɹ) Noun breather (plural breathers) Something or someone that breathes. (specifically) A heavy breather. 1981 April 25, Martin H. Krieger, “Phone Calls”, in Gay Community News, page 12:Most of us make sense of the world through talk and sight, and breathers represent that most anxiety provoking experience, nothingness with a hint of possibility. A short break; a rest or respite. After a short breather she was ready to continue up the hill. (physics) A spatially localized, time-periodic excitation in a one-dimensional lattice. (colloquial, dated) That which puts one out of breath, such as violent exercise. (mechanics) An air inlet path to the crankcase Synonyms (short break): hiatus, moratorium, recess; see also Thesaurus:pause Derived terms airbreatherchest breatherfire-breatherfirebreatherinterbreathermouth breathermouth-breathermultibreatherphonobreathertake a breather Translations something that breathes Catalan: respirador m Finnish: hengittäjä German: Atmende m or f Marathi: श्वसक (śvasak) Spanish: respirador (es) m Turkish: nefes alan short break Bulgarian: отдих (bg) m (otdih) Finnish: hengähdysaika, hengähdystauko (fi) French: pause (fr) f German: Verschnaufpause (de) f, (colloquial) Atempause (de) f Manx: aash veg f Marathi: विश्रांती f (viśrāntī) Polish: odsapka f Russian: переды́шка (ru) f (peredýška) Slovak: oddych m Spanish: respiro (es) m Turkish: ara (tr) Ukrainian: перепочи́нок m (perepočýnok) physics: kind of excitation Anagrams Eberhart Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.