infusion

See also: infusión and Infusion

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French infusion, from Latin infusio, infusionem (“a pouring into, a wetting, a dyeing, a flow”), from infundo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈfjuːʒən/
• Rhymes: -uːʒən

Noun

infusion (countable and uncountable, 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.
5. (medicine) The administration of liquid substances directly into a vein for medical purposes; perfusion.

Related terms

• infuse

Translations

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

• Armenian: թուրմ (hy) (tʻurm)
• Bashkir: (alcohol-based) төнәтмә (tönətmə)
• Bulgarian: настойка f (nastojka)
• Catalan: infusió (ca) f
• Finnish: uute (fi)
• French: infusion (fr) f
• Galician: infusión (gl) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Polish: napar (pl) m
• Romanian: infuzie (ro) f
• Russian: насто́й (ru) m (nastój), зава́рка (ru) f (zavárka)
• Slovene: poparek m
• Spanish: infusión (es) f
• Welsh: trwyth m

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

• Bashkir: төнәтеү (tönətew)
• Bulgarian: запарване n (zaparvane)
• Catalan: infusió (ca) f
• Finnish: uuttaminen (fi)
• Manx: yn-sheeley m
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• Polish: zaparzanie (pl) n
• Romanian: infuzare (ro) f
• Russian: зава́ривание (ru) n (zavárivanije)

act of installing a quality into a person

• Bulgarian: вдъхване (bg) n (vdǎhvane)
• Spanish: infusión (es) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

act of dipping into a fluid

• Bashkir: маныу (manıw)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Bulgarian: накисване n (nakisvane)
• Finnish: kastaminen (fi)

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin infūsiō, infūsiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.fy.zjɔ̃/

• Audio:

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Noun

infusion f (plural infusions)

1. infusion (liquid product which has had other ingredients steeped in it to extract useful qualities)

Synonyms

• (liquid product): décoction, tisane

Further reading

• “infusion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.