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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɪltə/
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• General-American: /ˈfɪltɚ/
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• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• rhymes with -ɪltə(ɹ)
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• homophone: philter
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• CMU ARPABET: F IH1 L T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from German Filter.

From Middle English filtre, from Medieval Latin filtrum (compare also Old French feutre (“felt; filter”)), from Frankish *filtir, from Proto-West Germanic *felt. See felt. Doublet of phin.

247 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: filter — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Albanian: filtër — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Arabic: مِصْفَايَة (miṣfāya) — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Armenian: ֆիլտր (filtr) — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Asturian: filtru — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Azerbaijani: filtr — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Belarusian: фільтр (filʹtr) — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Bengali: ফিল্টার (philṭar) — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Bulgarian: фи́лтър (fíltǎr) — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Burmese: စစ် (cac) — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Burmese: ရေစစ်အိုး (recacui:) — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Burmese: ရေစစ် (recac) — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Burmese: လေစစ် (lecac) — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Catalan: filtre — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Chinese Mandarin: 過濾器 /过滤器 (guòlǜqì) — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Chinese Mandarin: 濾過器 /滤过器 (lǜguòqì) — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Chinese Mandarin: 濾器 /滤器 (lǜqì) — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Czech: filtr — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Danish: filter — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Dutch: filter — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Esperanto: filtrilo — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Estonian: filter — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Finnish: suodatin — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Finnish: suodin — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• French: filtre — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Galician: filtro — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Georgian: ფილტრი (pilṭri) — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• German: Filter — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Greek: διυλιστήριο (diylistírio) — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Greek: φίλτρο (fíltro) — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Ancient Greek: ὑλιστήρ (hulistḗr) — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Hebrew: מַסנֵן (masnen) — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Hindi: फ़िल्टर (filṭar) — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Hindi: साफी (sāphī) — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Hungarian: szűrő — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Icelandic: sía — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Italian: filtro — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Japanese: 濾過器 (rokaki) — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Japanese: フィルター (firutā) — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Kazakh: сүзгі (süzgı) — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Kazakh: сүзгіш (süzgış) — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Khmer: តម្រង (tɑmrɑɑng) — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Korean: 여과기 (yeogwagi) — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Korean: 필터 (pilteo) — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Korean: 려과기 (ryeogwagi) — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Central Kurdish: پاڵێوەر (pallêwer) — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Northern Kurdish: parzûn — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Northern Kurdish: fîlter — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Kyrgyz: фильтр (filtr) — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Lao: ເຄື່ອງຕອງ (khư̄ang tǭng) — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Lao: ເຄື່ອງກອງ (khư̄ang kǭng) — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Latin: liquatorium — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Latvian: filtrs — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Latvian: kāstuve — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Lithuanian: filtras — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Macedonian: филтер (filter) — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Malay: penapis — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Māori: tātari — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Marathi: गाळणी (gāḷṇī) — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Marathi: फिल्टर (philṭar) — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Mongolian: шүүлтүүр (šüültüür) — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Norwegian Bokmål: filter — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Occitan: filtre — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Pashto: فيلټر (filṭár) — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Pashto: فلتر (feltár) — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Persian: فیلتر (filter) — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Persian: صافی (sâfi) — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Plautdietsch: Säw — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Polish: filtr — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Portuguese: filtro — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Portuguese: crivo — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Romanian: filtru — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Russian: фильтр (filʹtr) — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Serbo-Croatian: фѝлтер — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Serbo-Croatian: фѝлтар — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Serbo-Croatian: fìlter — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Serbo-Croatian: fìltar — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Sicilian: firtru — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Slovak: filter — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Slovene: filter — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Spanish: filtro — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Swahili: kichungi — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Swedish: filter — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Tagalog: panala — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Tajik: обполо (obpolo) — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Tajik: филтр (filtr) — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Thai: กรอง (grɔɔng) — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Thai: เครื่องกรอง (krʉ̂ʉang-grɔɔng) — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Turkish: filtre — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Ottoman Turkish: فیلتره (filtre) — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Turkmen: filtr — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Ukrainian: фільтр (filʹtr) — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Urdu: صافی (sāfī) — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Urdu: فلٹر (filṭar) — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Urdu: مصفات (misfāt) — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Uyghur: سۈزگۈچ (süzgüch) — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Uzbek: filtr — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Uzbek: filʼtr — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Uzbek: suzgʻich — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Vietnamese: máy lọc — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Yiddish: פֿילטער (filter) — device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
• Afrikaans: filter — electronics or software to separate unwanted signal
• Bulgarian: фи́лтър (fíltǎr) — electronics or software to separate unwanted signal
• Chinese Mandarin: 濾波器 /滤波器 (lǜbōqì) — electronics or software to separate unwanted signal
• Czech: filtr — electronics or software to separate unwanted signal
• Dutch: filter — electronics or software to separate unwanted signal
• Finnish: suodatin — electronics or software to separate unwanted signal
• Finnish: suodin — electronics or software to separate unwanted signal
• French: filtre — electronics or software to separate unwanted signal
• Galician: filtro — electronics or software to separate unwanted signal
• German: Filter — electronics or software to separate unwanted signal
• Greek: διηθητικό κύκλωμα (diithitikó kýkloma) — electronics or software to separate unwanted signal
• Japanese: 濾波器 (rohaki) — electronics or software to separate unwanted signal
• Japanese: フィルター (firutā) — electronics or software to separate unwanted signal
• Korean: 여과기 (yeogwagi) — electronics or software to separate unwanted signal
• Korean: 필터 (pilteo) — electronics or software to separate unwanted signal
• Korean: 려과기 (ryeogwagi) — electronics or software to separate unwanted signal
• Latvian: filtrs — electronics or software to separate unwanted signal
• Polish: filtr — electronics or software to separate unwanted signal
• Portuguese: filtro — electronics or software to separate unwanted signal
• Russian: фильтр (filʹtr) — electronics or software to separate unwanted signal
• Sicilian: firtru — electronics or software to separate unwanted signal
• Swedish: filter — electronics or software to separate unwanted signal
• Vietnamese: lọc — electronics or software to separate unwanted signal
• Vietnamese: bộ lọc — electronics or software to separate unwanted signal
• Afrikaans: filter — any device or procedure that acts to separate or isolate
• Arabic: فِلْتَر (filtar) — any device or procedure that acts to separate or isolate
• Czech: filtr — any device or procedure that acts to separate or isolate
• Dutch: filter — any device or procedure that acts to separate or isolate
• Finnish: suodatin — any device or procedure that acts to separate or isolate
• Finnish: suodin — any device or procedure that acts to separate or isolate
• French: filtre — any device or procedure that acts to separate or isolate
• Galician: filtro — any device or procedure that acts to separate or isolate
• German: Filter — any device or procedure that acts to separate or isolate
• Greek: διυλιστήριο (diylistírio) — any device or procedure that acts to separate or isolate
• Greek: φίλτρο (fíltro) — any device or procedure that acts to separate or isolate
• Japanese: フィルター (firutā) — any device or procedure that acts to separate or isolate
• Latvian: filtrs — any device or procedure that acts to separate or isolate
• Latvian: kāstuve — any device or procedure that acts to separate or isolate
• Persian: فیلتر (filter) — any device or procedure that acts to separate or isolate
• Polish: filtr — any device or procedure that acts to separate or isolate
• Portuguese: filtro — any device or procedure that acts to separate or isolate
• Portuguese: crivo — any device or procedure that acts to separate or isolate
• Russian: фильтр (filʹtr) — any device or procedure that acts to separate or isolate
• Sicilian: firtru — any device or procedure that acts to separate or isolate
• Swahili: kichujio — any device or procedure that acts to separate or isolate
• Swedish: filter — any device or procedure that acts to separate or isolate
• Vietnamese: cái lọc — any device or procedure that acts to separate or isolate
• Vietnamese: bộ lọc — any device or procedure that acts to separate or isolate
• Vietnamese: phin — any device or procedure that acts to separate or isolate
• Finnish: suodatin — collection of subsets
• Finnish: suodin — collection of subsets
• Hungarian: szűrő — collection of subsets
• Icelandic: sía — collection of subsets
• Polish: filtr — collection of subsets
• Russian: фильтр (filʹtr) — collection of subsets
• Ukrainian: фільтр (filʹtr) — collection of subsets
• Portuguese: filtro — digital image effect used on social media
• Afrikaans: filtreer — to sort, sift, or isolate
• Assamese: ছেকা (seka) — to sort, sift, or isolate
• Asturian: filtriar — to sort, sift, or isolate
• Bulgarian: филтри́рам (filtríram) — to sort, sift, or isolate
• Catalan: filtrar — to sort, sift, or isolate
• Czech: filtrovat — to sort, sift, or isolate
• Dutch: filteren — to sort, sift, or isolate
• Esperanto: filtri — to sort, sift, or isolate
• Finnish: suodattaa — to sort, sift, or isolate
• Finnish: siivilöidä (sift) — to sort, sift, or isolate
• Finnish: erottaa — to sort, sift, or isolate
• Galician: filtrar — to sort, sift, or isolate
• German: filtern — to sort, sift, or isolate
• Greek: διυλίζω (diylízo) — to sort, sift, or isolate
• Greek: διηθώ (diithó) — to sort, sift, or isolate
• Greek: φιλτράρω (filtráro) — to sort, sift, or isolate
• Ancient Greek: διυλίζω (diulízō) — to sort, sift, or isolate
• Hebrew: סינן (sinen) — to sort, sift, or isolate
• Italian: filtrare — to sort, sift, or isolate
• Latin: liquo — to sort, sift, or isolate
• Latin: percolō — to sort, sift, or isolate
• Latin: sacco — to sort, sift, or isolate
• Latvian: filtrēt — to sort, sift, or isolate
• Latvian: kāst — to sort, sift, or isolate
• Lithuanian: košti — to sort, sift, or isolate
• Lithuanian: filtruoti — to sort, sift, or isolate
• Marathi: गाळणे (gāḷṇe) — to sort, sift, or isolate
• Occitan: filtrar — to sort, sift, or isolate
• Polish: filtrować — to sort, sift, or isolate
• Portuguese: filtrar — to sort, sift, or isolate
• Quechua: ch'illchichiy — to sort, sift, or isolate
• Romanian: filtra — to sort, sift, or isolate
• Russian: фильтрова́ть (filʹtrovátʹ) — to sort, sift, or isolate
• Russian: отфильтрова́ть (otfilʹtrovátʹ) — to sort, sift, or isolate
• Russian: профильтрова́ть (profilʹtrovátʹ) — to sort, sift, or isolate
• Scottish Gaelic: sìolaidh — to sort, sift, or isolate
• Spanish: filtrar — to sort, sift, or isolate
• Swahili: chungi — to sort, sift, or isolate
• Swedish: filtrera — to sort, sift, or isolate
• Ottoman Turkish: سوزمك (süzmek) — to sort, sift, or isolate
• Ukrainian: фільтрувати (filʹtruvaty) — to sort, sift, or isolate
• Vietnamese: lọc — to sort, sift, or isolate
• Bulgarian: просмуквам се (prosmukvam se) — to diffuse
• Finnish: hajottaa — to diffuse
• German: filtern — to diffuse
• Polish: rozpraszać — to diffuse
• Polish: rozproszyć — to diffuse
• Scottish Gaelic: sìolaidh — to diffuse
• Swahili: chunga — to diffuse
• Aromanian: stricor — to pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter
• Bulgarian: филтри́рам се (filtríram se) — to pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter
• Dutch: sijpelen — to pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter
• Dutch: filteren — to pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter
• Finnish: suodattua — to pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter
• Finnish: siivilöityä — to pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter
• Finnish: erottua — to pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter
• German: filtrieren — to pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter
• Greek: διυλίζω (diylízo) — to pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter
• Greek: φιλτράρω (filtráro) — to pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter
• Italian: filtrare — to pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter
• Latvian: filtrēties — to pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter
• Occitan: filtrar — to pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter
• Polish: przenikać — to pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter
• Polish: przeniknąć — to pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter
• Polish: sączyć się — to pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter
• Portuguese: filtrar — to pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter
• Romanian: filtra — to pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter
• Romanian: strecura — to pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter
• Russian: фильтрова́ться (filʹtrovátʹsja) — to pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter
• Russian: проса́чиваться (prosáčivatʹsja) — to pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter
• Russian: просочи́ться (prosočítʹsja) — to pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter
• Scottish Gaelic: sìolaidh — to pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter
• Spanish: filtrar — to pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter
• Swahili: chunga — to pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter
• Swedish: filtrera — to pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter
• Ukrainian: фільтрува́тися (filʹtruvátysja) — to pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter
• Vietnamese: ngấm qua — to pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter
• Vietnamese: thấm qua — to pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter
• Vietnamese: thấm vào — to pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter
• Vietnamese: xâm nhập — to pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter
• Dutch: sijpelen — to come or go a few at a time
• Dutch: druppelen — to come or go a few at a time
• Finnish: tippua — to come or go a few at a time
• Finnish: valua — to come or go a few at a time
• German: filtrieren — to come or go a few at a time
• German: passieren — to come or go a few at a time
• Polish: napływać powoli — to come or go a few at a time
• Polish: sączyć się — to come or go a few at a time
• Swahili: chunga — to come or go a few at a time