decanter

See also: décanter

English

Glass decanter, from the late 18th century

Etymology

From decant ‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈkæntə(ɹ)/

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Noun

decanter (plural decanters)

1. A vessel for decanting liquor.
2. A receptacle for decanted liquor, especially a crystal bottle with a stopper.
   • 1902, Henry Ridgely Evans, Magic and Its Professors, page 149:

     Pour wine into the decanter, and cork. Let the decanter down, drawing the loops out and laying them on the table top. Have a tray of small glasses alongside the decanter. When ready to introduce the experiment, step to the table, remove the glass stopper, pick up the decanter with the right hand and pour the wine into the glasses on the tray.

   • 1980 December 20, Michael Anderson, “Gays & the Occult”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 22, page 11:

     A decanter filled with smoke from smouldering incense.

Derived terms

• decanterful
• electrodecanter

 

Translations

vessel for decanting

• Catalan: decantador m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 醒酒器 (xǐngjiǔqì), 潷水器／滗水器 (bìshuǐqì)

• Danish: karaffel (da) c
• Finnish: dekantteri (fi)
• French: décanteur (fr) m
• German: Dekanter (de) m
• Italian: boccione m, decantatore m
• Latin: obba f
• Russian: графи́н (ru) m (grafín), деканта́тор (ru) m (dekantátor)
• Spanish: decantador (es)
• Swedish: dekanter

receptacle for decanted liquor

• Bulgarian: гарафа (garafa)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 醒酒器 (xǐngjiǔqì), 潷水器／滗水器 (bìshuǐqì)

• Danish: karaffel (da) c
• Finnish: karahvi (fi)
• Italian: damigiana (it) f, decantatore m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: karaffel (no) m

  Nynorsk: karaffel m

Anagrams

• cantered, crenated, nectared, recanted

Latin

Verb

dēcanter

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of dēcantō