גזי פליטה
“גזי פליטה” (гзей флита) — exhaust fumes in Hebrew. Noun, level B1. Literally the gases of the emission, always in the plural. The separate word gas stands here in the form gzei — this is how Hebrew joins two nouns. In a live sentence: “גזי פליטה ממכוניות מזהמים את האוויר.” — Exhaust fumes from cars pollute the air. Written with the characters ג, ז, י, פ, ל, י, ט, ה. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | גזי פליטה |
| Read in Latin letters | гзей флита |
| Translation | exhaust fumes |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally the gases of the emission, always in the plural. The separate word gas stands here in the form gzei — this is how Hebrew joins two nouns
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- גזי פליטה ממכוניות מזהמים את האוויר.гзей флита ми-мехонийот мазэмим эт ха-авир.Exhaust fumes from cars pollute the air.
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “exhaust fumes” in Hebrew?
«גזי פליטה», read “гзей флита”. In a live sentence: “גזי פליטה ממכוניות מזהמים את האוויר.” — Exhaust fumes from cars pollute the air. Noun, level B1; written with the characters ג, ז, י, פ, ל, י, ט, ה.
How is “גזי פליטה” written in Latin letters?
гзей флита. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Literally the gases of the emission, always in the plural. The separate word gas stands here in the form gzei — this is how Hebrew joins two nouns. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.