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English

Etymology

From the Latin perc?l?ti?.

Noun

percolation (countable and uncountable, plural percolations)

1. The seepage or filtration of a liquid through a porous substance.

Related terms

• percolation theory

Translations

Anagrams

• neotropical

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin perc?l?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??.k?.la.sj??/

Noun

percolation f (plural percolations)

1. percolation

Further reading

• “percolation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Latin perc?l? (“I filter”), itself, from per (“through”) + c?l? (“I strain”) (from c?lum (“a strainer”), of unknown origin).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??k?le?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?p??k?le?t/

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

Noun

percolate (plural percolates)

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

Translations

Anagrams

• prelocate

Italian

Verb

percolate

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

Latin

Verb

perc?l?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of perc?l?