decant

English

Etymology

From French décanter

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dəˈkænt/
• Rhymes: -ænt

Verb

decant ‎(third-person singular simple present decants, present participle decanting, simple past and past participle decanted)

1. To pour off gently, as liquor, so as not to disturb the sediment; or to pour from one vessel into another; as, to decant wine.
2. (science fiction) To remove a clone from its chamber, vat, or artificial womb.
3. To rehouse people while their buildings are being refurbished or rebuilt.

Translations

to pour off gently so as not to disturb the sediment; to decant wine

• Bulgarian: отдекантирам ‎(otdekantiram)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 潷 (zh), 滗 (zh) ‎(bì)

• Danish: dekantere

• Finnish: dekantoida
• French: décanter (fr)
• Italian: decantare (it)
• Russian: деканти́ровать (ru) impf, pf ‎(dekantírovatʹ)

to pour from one vessel into another

• Bulgarian: преливам (bg) ‎(prelivam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 倒 (zh) ‎(dào)

• Dutch: overgieten (nl)
• Finnish: kaataa astiasta toiseen

• French: transvaser (fr)
• German: umgießen, umfüllen
• Greek: αποχύνω ‎(apochýno), μεταφέρω από ένα μπουκάλι σε άλλο ‎(metaféro apó éna boukáli se állo)
• Italian: travasare
• Russian: перелива́ть (ru) impf ‎(perelivátʹ), перели́ть (ru) pf ‎(perelítʹ)
• Spanish: transvasar (es), trasvasar (es), decantar (es), trasegar (es)

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