percolate

English

WOTD – 10 November 2006

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin percōlō (“I filter”), itself, from per (“through”) + cōlō (“I strain”) (from cōlum (“a strainer”), of unknown origin).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɜkəʊleɪt/
• IPA^(key): /ˈpəɹkoʊleɪt/

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Verb

percolate (third-person singular simple present percolates, present participle percolating, simple past and past participle percolated)

1. (transitive) To pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter.
2. (intransitive) To drain or seep through a porous substance.

   Water percolates through sand.

3. (transitive) To make (coffee) in a percolator.

   I'll percolate some coffee.

4. (intransitive, figuratively) To spread slowly or gradually; to slowly become noticed or realised.

   Reports on the pitiful state of many prisons have finally percolated through to the Home Office, which has promised to look into the situation.

   Through media reports it percolated to the surface that the police investigation was profoundly flawed.

Related terms

• percolation
• percolator
• colander

Translations

(transitive) pass a liquid through a porous substance

• Dutch: percoleren (nl), filteren (nl), filtreren (nl)
• Esperanto: traguti
• Finnish: suodattaa (fi)
• French: faire percoler, filtrer (fr)
• Georgian: გაწურვა (gac̣urva), გაფილტრვა (gapilṭrva)
• German: filtern (de), filtrieren (de)
• Icelandic: síla
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: percolare (it)
• Polish: przesączyć, przesączyć
• Portuguese: coar (pt), filtrar (pt)
• Russian: проце́живать (ru) impf (procéživatʹ), процеди́ть (ru) pf (procedítʹ), фильтрова́ть (ru) impf (filʹtrovátʹ), перколи́ровать (ru) impf (perkolírovatʹ)
• Turkish: filtrelemek
• Zazaki: agoznayen

(intransitive) drain through a porous substance

• Dutch: percoleren (nl), filteren (nl), filtreren (nl)
• Esperanto: traguti
• Finnish: siivilöityä, tihkua läpi
• French: percoler (fr), filtrer (fr)
• Georgian: გაჟონვა (gažonva), გამოსვლა (gamosvla)
• German: versickern (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: drenare (it), percolare (it)
• Manx: sheel
• Portuguese: permear (pt)
• Russian: проса́чиваться (ru) impf (prosáčivatʹsja), просочи́ться (ru) impf (prosočítʹsja), проходи́ть (ru) impf (proxodítʹ), пройти́ (ru) pf (projtí)
• Turkish: teressüh etmek (obsolete)

(transitive) to make coffee in a percolator

• Greek: φιλτράρω (el) (filtráro)
• Italian: filtrare (it), percolare (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: coar (pt), filtrar (pt)

(intransitive) to make coffee in a percolator

• Greek: φιλτράρομαι (filtráromai)
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• Portuguese: coar (pt)

(intransitive) spread slowly or gradually

• Dutch: doorsijpelen (nl), doordringen (nl)
• Georgian: გავრცელება (gavrceleba)
• German: durchsickern (de)
• Greek: διεισδύω (el) (dieisdýo)
• Italian: filtrare (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: permear (pt)
• Russian: распространя́ться (ru) impf (rasprostranjátʹsja), распространи́ться (ru) pf (rasprostranítʹsja)
• Turkish: sızmak (tr)
• Zazaki: rodayen

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Translations to be checked

• Catalan: ^{(please verify)} filtrar-se (ca)
• German: ^{(please verify)} aufbrühen
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} filtrare (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 過濾／过滤 (guòlǜ), ^{(please verify)} 过滤 (zh) (guòlǜ)
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} filtrarse (es)

Noun

percolate (plural percolates)

1. (rare) A liquid that has been percolated.

Translations

liquid that has been percolated

• Dutch: percolaat n
• French: percolat (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Filtrat n

Anagrams

• prelocate

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Italian

Verb

percolate

1. second-person plural present indicative of percolare
2. second-person plural imperative of percolare
3. feminine plural of percolato

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) percōlāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of percōlō