decantation

See also: décantation

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French décantation, decant +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌdiːkænˈteɪʃən/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

decantation (countable and uncountable, plural decantations)

1. the act of decanting the supernatant liquid from a solid sediment

Derived terms

• electrodecantation

Translations

act of decanting

• Catalan: decantació f
• Finnish: dekantointi (fi)
• French: transvasement (fr) m, décantation (fr) f
• Galician: decantación (gl) f
• Spanish: decantación (es) f
• Swedish: dekantering (sv) c