pipette

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UK/pɪˈpɛt/US/paɪˈpɛt/

noun

A small tube, often with an enlargement or bulb in the middle, and usually graduated, used for transferring or delivering measured quantities of a liquid.

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pipet
OriginFrench pipette →
Less commonFirst used 19th c.Scrabble 11
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Meanings

nounpipette (plural pipettes)

plural pipettes · alternative US pipet

  1. sciencesA small tube, often with an enlargement or bulb in the middle, and usually graduated, used for transferring or delivering measured quantities of a liquid.First known use 19th c.
verbpipette (third-person singular simple present pipettes, present participle pipetting, simple past and past participle pipetted)

present singular third person pipettes · participle present pipetting · participle past pipetted · past pipetted · alternative US pipet

  1. To transfer or measure the volume of a liquid using a pipette.

    Thereʼs another man near him, pipetting something into a series of small glass vials.

    2016, N. K. Jemisin, The Obelisk Gate, Orbit, page 95

Synonyms & antonyms

nounmeasuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube used to measure or transfer precise volumes of a liquid by drawing the liquid up into the tube

Similar
pipet
Broader
measuring instrumentmeasuring systemmeasuring device

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Frenchpipe
  2. Frenchpipette
  3. Englishpipette

From French pipette, from pipe + -ette. By surface analysis, pipe + -ette.

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Translations

Bulgarian пипета
  • пипета (pipeta)small glass tube used for transferring liquid
Catalan pipeta
  • pipetasmall glass tube used for transferring liquid
Chinese Mandarin 吸管, 吸量管
  • 吸管 (xīguǎn)small glass tube used for transferring liquid
  • 吸量管 (xīliàngguǎn)small glass tube used for transferring liquid
  • 移液管 (yíyèguǎn)small glass tube used for transferring liquid
  • 移液器 (yíyèqì)small glass tube used for transferring liquid
Czech pipeta
  • pipetasmall glass tube used for transferring liquid
Dutch pipet, pipetteren
  • pipetsmall glass tube used for transferring liquid
  • pipetterento transfer or measure the volume of a liquid using a pipet
Finnish pipetti, pipetoida
  • pipettismall glass tube used for transferring liquid
  • pipetoidato transfer or measure the volume of a liquid using a pipet
French pipette
  • pipettesmall glass tube used for transferring liquid
German Pipette, pipettieren
  • Pipettesmall glass tube used for transferring liquid
  • pipettierento transfer or measure the volume of a liquid using a pipet
Hindi विंदुक
  • विंदुक (vinduk)small glass tube used for transferring liquid
Hungarian pipetta
  • pipettasmall glass tube used for transferring liquid
Icelandic pípetta
  • pípettasmall glass tube used for transferring liquid
Italian pipetta
  • pipettasmall glass tube used for transferring liquid
Japanese ピペット
  • ピペット (pipetto)small glass tube used for transferring liquid
Korean 피펫
  • 피펫 (pipet)small glass tube used for transferring liquid
Māori ngoine
  • ngoinesmall glass tube used for transferring liquid
Norwegian Bokmål pipette
  • pipettesmall glass tube used for transferring liquid
Polish pipeta
  • pipetasmall glass tube used for transferring liquid
Portuguese pipeta, pipetar
  • pipetasmall glass tube used for transferring liquid
  • pipetarto transfer or measure the volume of a liquid using a pipet
Russian пипе́тка
  • пипе́тка (pipétka)small glass tube used for transferring liquid
Spanish pipeta
  • pipetasmall glass tube used for transferring liquid
Swedish pipett
  • pipettsmall glass tube used for transferring liquid
Tagalog pipeta
  • pipetasmall glass tube used for transferring liquid
Thai ปิเปตต์
  • ปิเปตต์small glass tube used for transferring liquid
Ukrainian піпе́тка
  • піпе́тка (pipétka)small glass tube used for transferring liquid
Welsh piped, pipedu
  • pipedsmall glass tube used for transferring liquid
  • pipeduto transfer or measure the volume of a liquid using a pipet

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with pipette

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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