percolator
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English
Etymology
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
Translations
coffee brewing device
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Anagrams
Latin
Verb
percōlātor
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French percolateur.
Noun
percolator n (plural percolatoare)
Declension
Declension of percolator
| singular | plural | |||
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| 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 | ||