dekantieren

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from French décanter +‎ -ieren, from Medieval Latin dēcanthāre, from Latin canthus (beak of a cup or jug).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dekanˈtiːʁən/
  • Hyphenation: de‧kan‧tie‧ren
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Verb

dekantieren (weak, third-person singular present dekantiert, past tense dekantierte, past participle dekantiert, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive, chemistry) to decant (to pour off (a liquid) gently, so as not to disturb the sediment)
  2. (transitive, cooking) to decant (to pour from one vessel into another)

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