distil

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• Received-Pronunciation: /dɪˈstɪl/
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• General-American: /dəˈstɪl/
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• rhymes with -ɪl
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• CMU ARPABET: D IH0 S T IH1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Late Middle English distillen (“to fall, flow, or shed in drops, drop, trickle; to shed drops; to fill (the eyes) with tears; (alchemy, medicine) to subject (something) to distillation; to obtain (something) using distillation; to distil; to condense or vaporize; (figuratively) to give (good fortune) to; to say (slanderous words)”) [and other forms], from Old French distiller (modern French distiller (“to distil”)), and from its etymon Latin distīllāre, a variant of Latin dēstīllāre, the present active infinitive of dēstīllō (“to drip or trickle down; to distil”), from dē- (prefix meaning ‘down, down from, down to’) + stīllō (“to drip, drop, trickle; to distil”) (from stīlla (“drop of liquid; (figuratively) small quantity”), probably a diminutive of stīria (“ice drop; icicle”)). Cognates * French distiller (“to distil”) * Italian distillare (“to distil”) * Occitan distillar * Portuguese destilar (“to distil; to drip”) * Spanish destilar (“to distil; to exude; to filter”)

92 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: процеждам се (proceždam se) — to exude (a liquid) in small drops; to give off (a vapour) which condenses in small drops
• Catalan: destil·lar — to exude (a liquid) in small drops; to give off (a vapour) which condenses in small drops
• Finnish: tihkuttaa — to exude (a liquid) in small drops; to give off (a vapour) which condenses in small drops
• Māori: whakamāturuturu — to exude (a liquid) in small drops; to give off (a vapour) which condenses in small drops
• Bulgarian: дестилирам (destiliram) — to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation
• Catalan: destil·lar — to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation
• Chinese Mandarin: 蒸餾 /蒸馏 (zhēngliú) — to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation
• Danish: destillere — to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation
• Dutch: distilleren — to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation
• Esperanto: distili — to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation
• Finnish: tislata — to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation
• French: distiller — to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation
• German: destillieren — to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation
• Greek: αποστάζω (apostázo) — to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation
• Hungarian: desztillál — to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation
• Hungarian: lepárol — to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation
• Irish: driog — to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation
• Japanese: 蒸留する (jōryū suru) — to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation
• Korean: 증류하다 (jeungnyuhada) — to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation
• Latin: destillō — to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation
• Malay: suling — to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation
• Māori: iheu — to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation
• Māori: īheuheu — to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation
• Māori: whakaturuturu — to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation
• Norman: distîler — to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation
• Norwegian Bokmål: destillere — to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation
• Norwegian Nynorsk: destillere — to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation
• Portuguese: destilar — to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation
• Romanian: distila — to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation
• Russian: дистилли́ровать (distillírovatʹ) — to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation
• Scottish Gaelic: tarraing — to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation
• Spanish: destilar — to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation
• Spanish: alambicar — to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation
• Spanish: alquitarar — to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation
• Swedish: destillera — to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation
• Tày: bác — to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation
• Tày: sliêu — to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation
• Tày: bắt — to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation
• Vietnamese: chưng cất — to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation
• Volapük: steilön — to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation
• Bulgarian: дестилирам (destiliram) — to expel (a volatile substance) from something by distillation
• Bulgarian: пречиствам (prečistvam) — to expel (a volatile substance) from something by distillation
• Bulgarian: дестилирам (destiliram) — to extract the essence of (something) by, or as if by, distillation — see also concentrate, purify
• Bulgarian: пречиствам (prečistvam) — to extract the essence of (something) by, or as if by, distillation — see also concentrate, purify
• Azerbaijani: çəkmək — to make (something, especially spirits) by distillation
• Bulgarian: дестилирам (destiliram) — to make (something, especially spirits) by distillation
• Catalan: destil·lar — to make (something, especially spirits) by distillation
• Danish: destillere — to make (something, especially spirits) by distillation
• Finnish: tislata — to make (something, especially spirits) by distillation
• German: destillieren — to make (something, especially spirits) by distillation
• Norman: distîler — to make (something, especially spirits) by distillation
• Norwegian Bokmål: destillere — to make (something, especially spirits) by distillation
• Norwegian Nynorsk: destillere — to make (something, especially spirits) by distillation
• Portuguese: destilar — to make (something, especially spirits) by distillation
• Russian: дистилли́ровать (distillírovatʹ) — to make (something, especially spirits) by distillation
• Russian: гнать (gnatʹ) — to make (something, especially spirits) by distillation
• Russian: погна́ть or загна́ть (pognátʹ) — to make (something, especially spirits) by distillation
• Russian: перегоня́ть (peregonjátʹ) — to make (something, especially spirits) by distillation
• Russian: перегна́ть (peregnátʹ) — to make (something, especially spirits) by distillation
• Scottish Gaelic: tarraing — to make (something, especially spirits) by distillation
• Swedish: destillera — to make (something, especially spirits) by distillation
• Volapük: steilön — to make (something, especially spirits) by distillation
• Bulgarian: капя (kapja) — to fall or trickle down in small drops; to come out as a vapour which condenses in small drops — see also exude, ooze
• Catalan: destil·lar — to fall or trickle down in small drops; to come out as a vapour which condenses in small drops — see also exude, ooze
• Dutch: afdruppelen — to fall or trickle down in small drops; to come out as a vapour which condenses in small drops — see also exude, ooze
• Dutch: neerdruppelen — to fall or trickle down in small drops; to come out as a vapour which condenses in small drops — see also exude, ooze
• Dutch: sijpelen — to fall or trickle down in small drops; to come out as a vapour which condenses in small drops — see also exude, ooze
• Finnish: tihkua — to fall or trickle down in small drops; to come out as a vapour which condenses in small drops — see also exude, ooze
• Finnish: valua — to fall or trickle down in small drops; to come out as a vapour which condenses in small drops — see also exude, ooze
• Māori: māturuturu — to fall or trickle down in small drops; to come out as a vapour which condenses in small drops — see also exude, ooze
• Bulgarian: църцоря (cǎrcorja) — to flow or pass gently or slowly
• Bulgarian: набъбвам (nabǎbvam) — to be manifested gently or gradually
• Bulgarian: набъбна (nabǎbna) — to be manifested gently or gradually
• Bulgarian: капя (kapja) — to drip or be wet with some liquid
• Bulgarian: капвам (kapvam) — to drip or be wet with some liquid
• Bulgarian: капна (kapna) — to drip or be wet with some liquid
• Bulgarian: сълзя (sǎlzja) — to drip or be wet with some liquid
• Bulgarian: дестилирам се (destiliram se) — to turn into a vapour and then condense back into a liquid; to undergo or be produced by distillation
• Catalan: destil·lar — to turn into a vapour and then condense back into a liquid; to undergo or be produced by distillation
• Danish: destilleres — to turn into a vapour and then condense back into a liquid; to undergo or be produced by distillation
• Finnish: tislautua — to turn into a vapour and then condense back into a liquid; to undergo or be produced by distillation
• Irish: driog — to turn into a vapour and then condense back into a liquid; to undergo or be produced by distillation
• Manx: sheel — to turn into a vapour and then condense back into a liquid; to undergo or be produced by distillation
• Māori: iheu — to turn into a vapour and then condense back into a liquid; to undergo or be produced by distillation
• Māori: īheuheu — to turn into a vapour and then condense back into a liquid; to undergo or be produced by distillation
• Norwegian Bokmål: destilleres — to turn into a vapour and then condense back into a liquid; to undergo or be produced by distillation
• Norwegian Nynorsk: destilleras — to turn into a vapour and then condense back into a liquid; to undergo or be produced by distillation
• Portuguese: destilar — to turn into a vapour and then condense back into a liquid; to undergo or be produced by distillation
• Spanish: destilar — to turn into a vapour and then condense back into a liquid; to undergo or be produced by distillation
• Spanish: alambicar — to turn into a vapour and then condense back into a liquid; to undergo or be produced by distillation
• Spanish: alquitarar — to turn into a vapour and then condense back into a liquid; to undergo or be produced by distillation
• Swedish: destilleras — to turn into a vapour and then condense back into a liquid; to undergo or be produced by distillation