percolation

English

Etymology

From Latin percōlātiō.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /pɝkəˈleɪʃən/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɜːkəˈleɪʃən/
Hyphenation: per‧co‧la‧tion

Noun

percolation (countable and uncountable, plural percolations)

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

Related terms

Translations

seepage or filtration of a liquid

Bulgarian: процеждане (bg) n (proceždane), филтриране n (filtrirane)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 滲濾／渗滤 (zh) (shènlǜ), 過濾／过滤 (zh) (guòlǜ)
Dutch: doorsijpelen (nl)
Estonian: perkolatsioon, nõrgumine
Finnish: tihkuminen, perkolaatio
French: percolation (fr) f
German: Perkolation (de) f, Versickerung f, Durchsickerung f
Italian: percolazione f, percolamento m
Japanese: 濾過 (ja) (ろか, roka)
Latin: percōlātiō f
Latvian: perkolācija, caursūkšanās
Lithuanian: sunkimasis
Persian: پرکولاسیون (perkolâsion)
Portuguese: percolação (pt) f
Romanian: percolare (ro) f
Russian: проце́живание (ru) n (procéživanije), проса́чивание (ru) n (prosáčivanije)
Swedish: perkolering c, perkolation c
Tagalog: paninilas, saimsim

Anagrams

Neotropical, neotropical

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin percōlātiōnem.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɛʁ.kɔ.la.sjɔ̃/
Audio (file)

Noun

percolation f (plural percolations)

percolation

Further reading

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

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