percolator

English

Etymology

From percolate +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɜːkəleɪtə/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɝkəleɪtɚ/

Noun

percolator (plural percolators)

A device used to brew coffee by passing boiling water through coffee grounds
- 1986, David Leavitt, The Lost Language of Cranes, paperback edition, Penguin, page 176:
  She heard the percolator bell ring.
A pharmaceutical apparatus for producing an extract from a drug by percolation.

Derived terms

perk

Translations

coffee brewing device

Armenian: սրճեփ (hy) (srčepʿ)
Finnish: perkolaattori (fi), pulputuspannu
French: percolateur (fr) m
German: Perkolator m
Irish: síothlán (caife) m
Italian: macchinetta (it) f
Russian: кофева́рка (ru) f (kofevárka)
Swedish: perkolator (sv) c

Anagrams

procaterol

Latin

Verb

percōlātor

second/third-person singular future passive imperative of percōlō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French percolateur.

Noun

percolator n (plural percolatoare)

percolator

Declension

Declension of percolator

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) percolator	percolatorul	(niște) percolatoare	percolatoarele
genitive/dative	(unui) percolator	percolatorului	(unor) percolatoare	percolatoarelor
vocative	percolatorule		percolatoarelor

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