burette

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UK/bjʊəˈɹɛt/US/bjʊˈɹɛt/

noun

A glass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock at the bottom, used in laboratory procedures for accurate fluid dispensing and titration.

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buret
OriginFrench burette →
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Meanings

nounburette (plural burettes)

plural burettes · alternative buret

  1. chemistryA glass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock at the bottom, used in laboratory procedures for accurate fluid dispensing and titration.
  2. lifestyleAn altar cruet.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounmeasuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube with a tap at the bottom; used for titration

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buret
Broader
measuring instrumentmeasuring systemmeasuring device
Also see
vial

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Frenchbuire
  2. Frenchburette
  3. Englishburette

Borrowed from French burette.

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Translations

Arabic سَحَّاحَة
  • سَحَّاحَة (saḥḥāḥa)glass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc.
Bulgarian бюре́та
  • бюре́та (bjuréta)glass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc.
Catalan bureta
  • buretaglass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc.
Chinese Cantonese 滴定管
  • 滴定管 (dik⁶ ding⁶ gun²)glass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc.
Chinese Mandarin 滴定管
  • 滴定管 (dīdìngguǎn)glass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc.
Czech byreta
  • byretaglass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc.
Danish burette
  • buretteglass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc.
Dutch buret
  • buretglass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc.
Finnish byretti
  • byrettiglass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc.
French burette
  • buretteglass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc.
German Bürette
  • Büretteglass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc.
Greek προχοΐδα
  • προχοΐδα (prochoḯda)glass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc.
Icelandic búretta
  • búrettaglass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc.
Indonesian buret
  • buretglass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc.
Italian buretta
  • burettaglass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc.
Japanese ビュレット
  • ビュレット (byuretto)glass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc.
Malay buret
  • buretglass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc.
Māori ngōine, ngōine katirere
  • ngōineglass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc.
  • ngōine katirereglass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc.
Norwegian Bokmål byrette
  • byretteglass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc.
Polish biureta
  • biuretaglass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc.
Portuguese bureta
  • buretaglass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc.
Russian бюре́тка
  • бюре́тка (bjurétka)glass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc.
Spanish bureta
  • buretaglass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc.
Cite this entry
APA

burette. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burette

MLA

“burette.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burette. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “burette,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burette.

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