percolator

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UK/ˈpɜːkəleɪtə/US/ˈpɝkəleɪtɚ/

noun

A device used to brew coffee by passing boiling water through coffee grounds.

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Meanings

nounpercolator (plural percolators)

plural percolators

  1. A device used to brew coffee by passing boiling water through coffee grounds.

    She heard the percolator bell ring.

    1986, David Leavitt, The Lost Language of Cranes, paperback edition, Penguin, page 176
  2. A pharmaceutical apparatus for producing an extract from a drug by percolation.

Origin

From percolate + -or.

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Translations

Esperanto kafaparato
  • kafaparatocoffee brewing device
Finnish perkolaattori, pulputuspannu
  • perkolaattoricoffee brewing device
  • pulputuspannucoffee brewing device
French percolateur
  • percolateurcoffee brewing device
German Perkolator
  • Perkolatorcoffee brewing device
Irish síothlán (caife)
  • síothlán (caife)coffee brewing device
Italian macchinetta
  • macchinettacoffee brewing device
Russian кофева́рка
  • кофева́рка (kofevárka)coffee brewing device
Swedish perkolator
  • perkolatorcoffee brewing device
Ukrainian кавова́рка
  • кавова́рка (kavovárka)coffee brewing device

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

procaterol
Cite this entry
APA

percolator. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/percolator

MLA

“percolator.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/percolator. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “percolator,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/percolator.

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