percolator

English

Etymology

From percolate + -or.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɜːkəleɪtə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɝkəleɪtɚ/

Noun

percolator (plural percolators)

1. A device used to brew coffee by passing boiling water through coffee grounds.
   • 1986, David Leavitt, The Lost Language of Cranes, paperback edition, Penguin, page 176:

     She heard the percolator bell ring.

2. A pharmaceutical apparatus for producing an extract from a drug by percolation.

Derived terms

• perk

Translations

coffee brewing device

• Armenian: սրճեփ (hy) (srčepʻ)
• Esperanto: kafaparato (eo)
• Finnish: perkolaattori (fi), pulputuspannu
• French: percolateur (fr) m
• German: Perkolator m
• Irish: síothlán (caife) m
• Italian: macchinetta (it) f
• Kazakh: кофеқайнатқыш (kofeqaynatqıš)
• Russian: кофева́рка (ru) f (kofevárka)
• Swedish: perkolator (sv) c
• Ukrainian: кавова́рка f (kavovárka)

Anagrams

• procaterol

Latin

Verb

percōlātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of percōlō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French percolateur.

Noun

percolator n (plural percolatoare)

1. percolator

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	percolator	percolatorul	percolatoare	percolatoarele
genitive-dative	percolator	percolatorului	percolatoare	percolatoarelor
vocative	percolatorule		percolatoarelor