noun
Meaning 1
A vessel for decanting liquor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
decanter
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Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /dɪˈkæntə(ɹ)/
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noun
Meaning 2
A receptacle for decanted liquor, especially a crystal bottle with a stopper.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a bottle with a stopper; for serving wine or water
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: carafe
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bottle
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English decant Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English decanter From decant + -er.
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: гарафа (garafa) — vessel for decanting
- Catalan: decantador — vessel for decanting
- Chinese Mandarin: 醒酒器 (xǐngjiǔqì) — vessel for decanting
- Chinese Mandarin: 潷水器 /滗水器 (bìshuǐqì) — vessel for decanting
- Danish: karaffel — vessel for decanting
- Finnish: dekantteri — vessel for decanting
- French: décanteur — vessel for decanting
- German: Dekanter — vessel for decanting
- Italian: boccione — vessel for decanting
- Italian: decantatore — vessel for decanting
- Latin: obba — vessel for decanting
- Russian: графи́н (grafín) — vessel for decanting
- Russian: деканта́тор (dekantátor) — vessel for decanting
- Spanish: decantador — vessel for decanting
- Swedish: dekanter — vessel for decanting
- Bulgarian: гарафа (garafa) — receptacle for decanted liquor
- Chinese Mandarin: 醒酒器 (xǐngjiǔqì) — receptacle for decanted liquor
- Chinese Mandarin: 潷水器 /滗水器 (bìshuǐqì) — receptacle for decanted liquor
- Danish: karaffel — receptacle for decanted liquor
- Finnish: karahvi — receptacle for decanted liquor
- Italian: damigiana — receptacle for decanted liquor
- Italian: decantatore — receptacle for decanted liquor
- Norwegian Bokmål: karaffel — receptacle for decanted liquor
- Norwegian Nynorsk: karaffel — receptacle for decanted liquor
- Ottoman Turkish: صراحی (sürâhi) — receptacle for decanted liquor