infusion

English

Etymology

Latin infusio (“a pouring into, a wetting, a dyeing, a flow”), from infundo

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːʒən

Noun

infusion (plural infusions)

1. A product consisting of a liquid which has had other ingredients steeped in it to extract useful qualities.

   An extract of rooibos and chamomile makes a refreshing infusion.

2. The act of steeping or soaking a substance in liquid so as to extract medicinal or herbal qualities.
3. The act of installing a quality into a person.
   • 1602 : William Shakespeare, Hamlet , act V scene 1

     [...] but in the verity of extolment / I take him to be a soul of great article and his infusion / of such dearth and rareness as, to make true diction of / him, his semblable in his mirror, and who else would / trace him, his umbrage, nothing more.

4. (obsolete) The act of dipping into a fluid.

Translations

a product consisting of a liquid which has had other ingredients steeped in it to extract useful qualities

• Armenian: թուրմ (hy) (tʿurm)
• Catalan: infusió (ca) f
• Finnish: uute (fi)

• Polish: napar (pl) m
• Russian: настой (ru) (nastój) m, заварка (ru) (zavárka) f
• Welsh: trwyth (cy) m

act of steeping or soaking a substance in liquid so as to extract medicinal or herbal qualities

• Catalan: infusió (ca) f
• Finnish: uuttaminen (fi)
• Manx: yn-sheeley (gv) m

• Polish: zaparzanie (pl) n
• Russian: заваривание (ru) (zavárivanije) n

act of installing a quality into a person

act of dipping into a fluid

• Finnish: kastaminen (fi)