percolator

English

Etymology

From percolate +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

percolator (plural percolators)

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Wikipedia

1. 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.

2. A pharmaceutical apparatus for producing an extract from a drug by percolation.

Derived terms

• perk

Translations

coffee brewing device

Armenian: սրճեփ (hy) (srčepʻ) Esperanto: kafaparato (eo) Finnish: perkolaattori (fi), pulputuspannu French: percolateur (fr) m German: Perkolator m Irish: síothlán (caife) m Italian: macchinetta (it) f Kazakh: кофеқайнатқыш (kofeqainatqyş) Russian: кофева́рка (ru) f (kofevárka) Swedish: perkolator (sv) c Ukrainian: кавова́рка f (kavovárka)

Anagrams

• procaterol

Latin

Verb

percōlātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of percōlō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French percolateur.

Noun

percolator n (plural percolatoare)

1. percolator

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	percolator	percolatorul		percolatoare	percolatoarele
genitive-dative	percolator	percolatorului		percolatoare	percolatoarelor
vocative	percolatorule			percolatoarelor