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burette

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /bjʊəˈɹɛt/
  • US: /bjʊˈɹɛt/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A glass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock at the bottom, used in laboratory procedures for accurate fluid dispensing and titration.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An altar cruet.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: lifestyle, religion

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube with a tap at the bottom; used for titration

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: buret

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: measuring instrument, measuring system, measuring device

History

Etymology

Etymology tree French buire Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Middle French -et French -etder. French -ette French burettebor. English burette Borrowed from French burette.

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سَحَّاحَة (saḥḥāḥa) — glass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc.
  • Bulgarian: бюре́та (bjuréta) — glass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc.
  • Catalan: bureta — glass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc.
  • Chinese Cantonese: 滴定管 (dik6 ding6 gun2) — glass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc.
  • Chinese Mandarin: 滴定管 (dīdìngguǎn) — glass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc.
  • Czech: byreta — glass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc.
  • Danish: burette — glass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc.
  • Dutch: buret — glass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc.
  • Finnish: byretti — glass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc.
  • French: burette — glass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc.
  • German: Bürette — glass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc.
  • Greek: προχοΐδα (prochoḯda) — glass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc.
  • Icelandic: búretta — glass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc.
  • Indonesian: buret — glass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc.
  • Italian: buretta — glass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc.
  • Japanese: ビュレット (byuretto) — glass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc.
  • Malay: buret — glass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc.
  • Māori: ngōine — glass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc.
  • Māori: ngōine katirere — glass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc.
  • Norwegian Bokmål: byrette — glass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc.
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: byrette — glass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc.
  • Polish: biureta — glass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc.
  • Portuguese: bureta — glass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc.
  • Russian: бюре́тка (bjurétka) — glass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc.
  • Serbo-Croatian: бирѐта — glass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc.
  • Serbo-Croatian: birèta — glass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc.
  • Spanish: bureta — glass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc.