Borrowed from Middle French ventilation, from Old French ventilacion, from Late Latin ventilatio, from Latin ventilo.

Morphologically ventilate + -ion

• IPA: /ˌvɛntɪˈleɪʃ(ə)n/

ventilation

1. The replacement of stale or noxious air with fresh.
   • 1991, Robert DeNiro (actor), Backdraft:

     So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before or after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline?

2. The mechanical system used to circulate and replace air.
3. An exchange of views during a discussion.
4. The public exposure of an issue or topic.
   • 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC ↗:

     "No, Mr. Malone, I will place no restriction upon your correspondence, since the ventilation of the facts is the object of your journey; but I demand that you shall give no particulars as to your exact destination, and that nothing be actually published until your return."

5. The bodily process of breathing; the inhalation of air to provide oxygen, and the exhalation of spent air to remove carbon dioxide.
6. (medicine) The mechanical system used to assist breathing.

• ventilate

• French: ventilation, aération
• German: Lüftung
• Russian: вентиля́ция
• Spanish: ventilación

• French: ventilation, aération
• German: Lüftung
• Italian: ventilazione
• Portuguese: ventilação
• Russian: вентиля́ция
• Spanish: ventilación

• French: confrontation
• Russian: обсужде́ние
• Spanish: ventilación, discusión, intercambio

• French: respiration, ventilation
• Italian: ventilazione
• Portuguese: ventilação
• Russian: дыха́ние
• Spanish: ventilación