distillate

English

Etymology

From distill + -ate (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɪstɪlət/

• Audio (Australian):

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Noun

distillate (countable and uncountable, plural distillates)

1. The liquid that has been condensed from vapour during distillation; normally a purified form or a fraction of an original liquid.

   Hypernym: condensate

2. (by extension) The essence of something.
3. (Australia) Diesel fuel.
4. (US, obsolete) A low-grade fuel produced in the distillation of petroleum for gasoline and largely a waste product.

Derived terms

• bidistillate
• hydrodistillate
• oleodistillate

Translations

liquid that has been condensed from vapour

• Bulgarian: дестилат (bg) (destilat), есенция (bg) (esencija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 餾液 / 馏液

• Hungarian: desztillátum, párlat (hu)
• Irish: driogáit f
• Swedish: destillat (sv) n
• Tagalog: sinintay, siningawkintay

See also

• autolysate
• condensate
• diffusate
• eluate
• exudate
• filtrand
• filtrate
• filtride
• hemolysate
• leachate
• lysate

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

distillate

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

Etymology 2

Participle

distillate f pl

1. feminine plural of distillato

Latin

Verb

distīllāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of distīllō