pipette

See also Pipette

English

WOTD – 25 February 2012    

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• pipet

Etymology

From French pipette, from pipe + -ette.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /pɪˈpɛt/, X-SAMPA: /pI"pEt/
• (US) enPR: pī.pĕtʹ, IPA: /paɪˈpɛt/, X-SAMPA: /paI"pEt/

Noun

pipette (plural pipettes)

modern pipettes

traditional pipette

1. (sciences) A small glass tube, often with an enlargement or bulb in the middle, and usually graduated, used for transferring or delivering measured quantities of a liquid. [from 19th c.]

Translations

small glass tube used for transferring liquid

• Armenian: կաթոցիչ (hy) (katʿocʿičʿ)
• Bulgarian: пипета (bg) (pipeta) f
• Catalan: pipeta (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 吸管 (cmn) (xīguǎn), 吸量管 (cmn) (xīliàngguǎn), 移液管 (cmn) (yíyèguǎn), 移液器 (cmn) (yíyèqì)

• Czech: pipeta (cs) f
• Dutch: pipet (nl) f and n
• Finnish: pipetti (fi)
• French: pipette (fr) f
• German: Pipette (de) f

• Hindi: विंदुक (hi) (vinduk)
• Hungarian: pipetta (hu)
• Icelandic: pípetta (is) f
• Italian: pipetta (it) f
• Japanese: ピペット (ja) (pipetto)
• Korean: 피펫 (ko) (pipet)
• Russian: пипетка (ru) (pipétka) f
• Spanish: pipeta (es) f
• Tagalog: pipeta (tl)
• Welsh: piped (cy) f

Verb

pipette (third-person singular simple present pipettes, present participle pipetting, simple past and past participle pipetted)

1. To transfer or measure the volume of a liquid using a pipette.

Translations

to transfer or measure the volume of a liquid using a pipet

• Dutch: pipetteren (nl)
• Finnish: pipetoida (fi)

• German: pipettieren (de)
• Welsh: pipedu (cy)

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French

Etymology

From pipe +‎ -ette.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pipɛt/

Noun

pipette f (plural pipettes)

1. (sciences) pipette

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Italian

Noun

pipette f

1. Plural form of pipetta