Swedish noun

en ventil

valve

Meaning

valve

In Swedish: anordning som reglerar mängden av luft el. vätska (i en ledning e dyl); vädringslucka

Forms

Forms of ventil
Singular, indefiniteen ventil
Singular, definiteventilen
Plural, indefiniteventiler
Plural, definiteventilerna

ventil is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor ventil, den stora ventilen. Check another noun

Practise ventil

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Is it en ventil or ett ventil?

Words built with ventil

  • säkerhetsventil safety valve
  • cykelventil cycle valve

Questions

What does ventil mean in English?

ventil means “valve”.

Is it en ventil or ett ventil?

It is en ventil, and “the valve” is ventilen.

What is the plural of ventil?

The plural of ventil is ventiler, and the definite plural is ventilerna.

Origin

From Medieval Latin ventīle (“sluice”).

Nearby common words

ventil is number 5,709 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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