bellows

Etymology 1
From, plural of , , a northern form of , from , northern form of , from. Compare 🇨🇬. See also.

For the pronunciation, compare ,.

Noun

 * 1) A device for delivering pressurized air in a controlled quantity to a controlled location. At its most simple terms a bellows is a container which is deformable in such a way as to alter its volume which has an outlet or outlets where one wishes to blow air.
 * 2) Any flexible container or enclosure, as one used to cover a moving joint.
 * 3)  The lungs.
 * 4)  Flexible, light-tight enclosures connecting the lensboard and the camera back.
 * 5)  That which fans the fire of hatred, jealousy, etc.
 * 1)  Flexible, light-tight enclosures connecting the lensboard and the camera back.
 * 2)  That which fans the fire of hatred, jealousy, etc.
 * 1)  That which fans the fire of hatred, jealousy, etc.

Usage notes

 * "Bellows" is used with both singular and plural verbs. One can even find "A bellows is/was".

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: مِنْفَاخ
 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian: foali
 * Azerbaijani: körük
 * Bashkir: күрек
 * Belarusian: сильфон
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano: tayhop
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: měch
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: balgo
 * Estonian: lõõts
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Friulian: soflet
 * Galician:, barquín
 * German:
 * Greek:, ,
 * Ancient: φυσητήρ
 * Hausa: mafuri, zigazigai
 * Hungarian: fújtaró
 * Icelandic: físir, físar, físibelgur, físibelgir
 * Indonesian:
 * Ingrian: leetsa, leehku
 * Irish: boilg
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Latin: follis
 * Latvian: plēšas
 * Lithuanian: dùmplės
 * Macedonian: мев
 * Malay: belos, hububan, ubub
 * Manchu: ᡥᡠᠵᡠᡴᡠ
 * Maori: pupuhiahi
 * Mongolian:
 * Nogai: коьрик
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: blåsebelg
 * Nynorsk: blåsebelg
 * Occitan:
 * Old Irish: bolg
 * Old Prussian: moasis
 * Ottoman Turkish: كوروك, منفاخ, دمه
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian: ,
 * Slovak: mech
 * Somali: goosimo
 * Southern Altai: кӧрӱк
 * Spanish:
 * Sudovian: maisis
 * Swahili: mvukuto, mifua
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: bubulusan, bulusan, puwelye
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: міх
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Venetian: folo, foło, fol, supieto
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh:
 * White Hmong: lwj
 * Zulu: izifutho


 * Czech: vlnovec
 * Esperanto: balgo
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: belg
 * Nynorsk: belg
 * Portuguese: ,


 * Finnish:
 * Galician: barquín, bofe
 * Portuguese:


 * Hungarian:
 * Polish:

Verb

 * 1)  To operate a bellows; to direct air at (something) using a bellows.
 * 2)  To expand and contract like a bellows.
 * 3)  To fold up like a bellows; to accordion.
 * 1)  To expand and contract like a bellows.
 * 2)  To fold up like a bellows; to accordion.
 * 1)  To expand and contract like a bellows.
 * 2)  To fold up like a bellows; to accordion.
 * 1)  To fold up like a bellows; to accordion.
 * 1)  To fold up like a bellows; to accordion.
 * 1)  To fold up like a bellows; to accordion.
 * 1)  To fold up like a bellows; to accordion.
 * 1)  To fold up like a bellows; to accordion.

Etymology 2
See bellow