Meanings
nounfiltration (countable and uncountable, plural filtrations)
plural filtrations
- countableuncountableThe act or process of filtering; the mechanical separation of a liquid from the undissolved particles floating in it.
- countableuncountablemathematicsA totally ordered collection of subsets.
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*pel-
- Proto-Germanic*fellą
- Proto-West Germanic*felt
- Latinfiltrum
- Frenchfiltre
- Frenchfiltrer
- Frenchfiltration
- Englishfiltration
Borrowed from French filtration.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek διήθησις
- διήθησις (diḗthēsis)filtering
Arabic تَرْشِيح
- تَرْشِيح (taršīḥ)filtering
Bulgarian филтра́ция
- филтра́ция (filtrácija)filtering
Chinese Mandarin 過濾 /过滤
- 過濾 /过滤 (guòlǜ)filtering
Czech filtrace
- filtracefiltering
Dutch filtratie
- filtratiefiltering
Finnish suodatus
- suodatusfiltering
French filtration
- filtrationfiltering
German Filtrierung
- Filtrierungfiltering
Greek διήθηση
- διήθηση (diíthisi)filtering
Indonesian filtrasi
- filtrasifiltering
Italian filtraggio
- filtraggiofiltering
Japanese 濾過, 沪過
- 濾過 (roka)filtering
- 沪過 (roka)filtering
Korean 여과, 려과
- 여과 (yeogwa)filtering
- 려과 (ryeogwa)filtering
Malay penapisan
- penapisanfiltering
Polish filtracja
- filtracjafiltering
Romanian filtrare, filtraj
- filtrarefiltering
- filtrajfiltering
Russian фильтра́ция
- фильтра́ция (filʹtrácija)filtering
Slovak filtrácia
- filtráciafiltering
Spanish filtración
- filtraciónfiltering
Swedish filtration
- filtrationfiltering
Tagalog pagsasala
- pagsasalafiltering
Ukrainian фільтра́ція
- фільтра́ція (filʹtrácija)filtering
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with filtration
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All rhymes →Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
filtration. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/filtration
MLA
“filtration.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/filtration. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “filtration,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/filtration.
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