smog

See also: Smog and smög

English

Etymology

Blend of smoke +‎ fog.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /smɒɡ/
  • (US) enPR: smäg, IPA(key): /smɑɡ/ also IPA(key): /smɒɡ/
  • Rhymes: -ɒɡ

Noun

smog (uncountable)

  1. A noxious mixture of particulates and gases that is the result of urban air pollution.

Hyponyms

  • black smog (combination of smoke and fog; stereotypical 19th century London smog)
  • photochemical smog (brown haze and ozone; stereotypical 1980s Los Angeles afternoon smog)

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

smog (third-person singular simple present smogs, present participle smogging, simple past and past participle smogged)

  1. (informal) To get a smog check; to check a vehicle or have it checked for emissions.
    If the car is more than five years old, you'll have to have it smogged before you can register it.

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Anagrams

Czech

Noun

smog m

  1. smog

Derived terms

Further reading

  • smog in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • smog in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English smog.

Pronunciation

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Noun

smog m (uncountable)

  1. smog

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English smog.

Noun

smog m (invariable)

  1. smog

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English smog.

Noun

smog m (uncountable)

  1. smog (urban air pollution)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English smog.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /smôɡ/

Noun

smȍg m (Cyrillic spelling смо̏г)

  1. smog

Declension

Spanish

Noun

smog m (plural smogs)

  1. smog
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