filtrate

F4I1L1T1R1A1T1E1
/ˈfɪltɹeɪt/

noun

The liquid or solution that has passed through a filter, and which has been separated from other fractions of the original material.

Similar
filterstrainseparate outfilter out
OriginNew Latin filtrātus →
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Meanings

filtrate1

nounfiltrate (plural filtrates)

plural filtrates

  1. The liquid or solution that has passed through a filter, and which has been separated from other fractions of the original material.

filtrate2

verbfiltrate (third-person singular simple present filtrates, present participle filtrating, simple past and past participle filtrated)

present singular third person filtrates · participle present filtrating · participle past filtrated · past filtrated

  1. To filter.

    Ashes boil'd in Water; and filtrated

    1731, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Nature of Aliments, and the Choice of Them, According to the Different Constitutions of Human Bodies. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson […], →OCLC

Synonyms & antonyms

verbremove by passing through a filter

Similar
filterstrainseparate outfilter out
Broader
separate
Also see
filterfilteringfilter outseparate outstrain

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

filtrate · noun

  1. New Latinfiltrātus“filtered”
  2. Englishfiltrate

From the substantivation of New Latin filtrātus (“filtered”) past perfect participle of filtrō (“to filter”). Equivalent to filter (the verb) + -ate (noun-forming suffix).

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filtrate · verb

From New Latin filtrō (“to filter”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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Translations

Bulgarian филтрат, филтрирам
  • филтрат (filtrat)Translations
  • филтрирам (filtriram)to filter
Catalan filtrat
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Chinese Mandarin 滤液
  • 滤液 (lǜyè)Translations
Dutch filtraat
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Finnish suodos, filtraatti
  • suodosTranslations
  • filtraattiTranslations
  • suodattaato filter
French filtrat, filtrer
  • filtratTranslations
  • filtrerto filter
German Filtrat, filtrieren
  • FiltratTranslations
  • filtrierento filter
Greek διήθημα, διυλίζω
  • διήθημα (diíthima)Translations
  • διυλίζω (diylízo)to filter
  • διηθώ (diithó)to filter
Indonesian filtrat
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Irish scagáit
  • scagáitTranslations
Italian filtrato
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Malay turasan
  • turasanTranslations
Māori wē tātari, wētātari
  • wē tātariTranslations
  • wētātariTranslations
Romanian filtrat, filtra
  • filtratTranslations
  • filtrato filter
Swedish filtrat, att filtrera
  • filtratTranslations
  • att filtrerato filter
Tagalog sinala
  • sinalaTranslations
Welsh hidlif
  • hidlifTranslations

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

triflate
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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