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See also: Filtrate

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɪltɹeɪt/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪltɹeɪt

Etymology 1

From the substantivation of New Latin filtrātus (filtered) past perfect participle of filtrō (to filter). Equivalent to filter (the verb) + -ate (noun-forming suffix).

Noun

filtrate (plural filtrates)

  1. The liquid or solution that has passed through a filter, and which has been separated from other fractions of the original material.
    Coordinate terms: filtride, filtrand
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Etymology 2

From New Latin filtrō (to filter) + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Verb

filtrate (third-person singular simple present filtrates, present participle filtrating, simple past and past participle filtrated)

  1. To filter.
    • 1731, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Nature of Aliments, and the Choice of Them, According to the Different Constitutions of Human Bodies. [], London: [] J[acob] Tonson [], →OCLC:
      Ashes boil'd in Water; and filtrated
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Adverb

filtrate

  1. present adverbial passive participle of filtri

Ido

Pronunciation

Verb

filtrate

  1. adverbial present passive participle of filtrar

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

filtrate

  1. inflection of filtrare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

filtrate f pl

  1. feminine plural of filtrato

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Spanish

Verb

filtrate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of filtrar combined with te

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