Meanings

  1. alcohol, chiefly for technical use

  2. in Ancient Greekbreathing; a glottal consonant, usually /h/; a (diacritical) mark for its presence or absence

  3. rarebreath, whiff

  4. figurative · Plural 1spirit

    Jedes vokalisch anlautende Wort im Altgriechischen besitzt einen Spiritus. (Internetbeleg)