percolator
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɜːkəleɪtə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɝkəleɪtɚ/
Noun
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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
[edit]Translations
[edit]coffee brewing device
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Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Verb
[edit]percōlātor
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French percolateur.
Noun
[edit]percolator n (plural percolatoare)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | ||||
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| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | percolator | percolatorul | percolatoare | percolatoarele | |
| genitive-dative | percolator | percolatorului | percolatoare | percolatoarelor | |
| vocative | percolatorule | percolatoarelor | |||
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