percolate
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin percōlātus, past participle of percōlō (“I filter”), itself, from per (“through”) + cōlō (“I strain”) (from cōlum (“a strainer”), of unknown origin).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɜːkəleɪt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɝkəleɪt/, (nonstandard) /ˈpɝkjəleɪt/
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Verb edit
percolate (third-person singular simple present percolates, present participle percolating, simple past and past participle percolated)
- (transitive) To pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter.
- (intransitive) To drain or seep through a porous substance.
- Water percolates through sand.
- (transitive) To make (coffee) in a percolator.
- I'll percolate some coffee.
- (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.
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Translations edit
(transitive) pass a liquid through a porous substance
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(intransitive) drain through a porous substance
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(transitive) to make coffee in a percolator
(intransitive) to make coffee in a percolator
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(intransitive) spread slowly or gradually
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Noun edit
percolate (plural percolates)
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Etymology 1 edit
Verb edit
percolate
- inflection of percolare:
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Participle edit
percolate f pl
Latin edit
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percōlāte
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Verb edit
percolate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of percolar combined with te