filter

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English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɪltə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɪltɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɪltə(ɹ)
• Homophone: philter

Noun

filter (plural filters)

1. A device which separates a suspended, dissolved, or particulate matter from a fluid, solution, or other substance; any device that separates one substance from another.
2. Electronics or software that separates unwanted signals (for example noise) from wanted signals or that attenuates selected frequencies.
3. Any item, mechanism, device, or procedure that acts to separate or isolate.
4. (figurative) Self-restraint in speech.

5. (mathematics, order theory) A non-empty upper set (of a partially ordered set) which is closed under binary infima (a.k.a. meets).

6. (photography) A translucent object placed in the light path of a camera to remove certain wavelengths (colors), or a computer program that simulates such an effect.
7. (social media) an appearance-altering digital image effect

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “order theory”): ideal

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Japanese: フィルター (firutā)
• → Korean: 필터 (pilteo)

Translations

Verb

filter (third-person singular simple present filters, present participle filtering, simple past and past participle filtered)

1. (transitive) To sort, sift, or isolate.
2. (transitive) To diffuse; to cause to be less concentrated or focused.

3. (intransitive) To pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter.

4. (intransitive) To move slowly or gradually; to come or go a few at a time.

5. (intransitive) To ride a motorcycle between lanes on a road

6. (intransitive, derogatory, fandom slang) To be discouraged where a connoisseur or hardcore fan would not.

Synonyms

• (to sort, sift, or isolate) to filter out (something)

Derived terms

Translations

Related terms

• filtrate
• filtration
• filtride

Anagrams

• fertil, Trefil, lifter, firtle, relift, filtre, trifle

Danish

Noun

filter n (singular definite filtret or filteret, plural indefinite filtre)

1. filter

Inflection

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French filtre or German Filter, from Latin filtrum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪl.tər/
• Hyphenation: fil‧ter

Noun

filter m or n (plural filters, diminutive filtertje n)

1. a filter (dense mesh or fabric used for filtration)
2. a cigarette filter
3. a light filter
4. a camera filter

Usage notes

The word is masculine in Belgium, chiefly neuter but sometimes masculine in the Netherlands.

Derived terms

• filtreren
• filterkoffie
• koffiefilter
• luchtfilter
• sigarettenfilter
• uv-filter
• waterfilter

Related terms

• filtratie
• filtreren

Descendants

• Afrikaans: filter
• → Indonesian: filter

References

Anagrams

• flirte

German

Pronunciation

Verb

filter

1. inflection of filtern:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Filter, from Medieval Latin filtrum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfiltɛr]
• Hyphenation: fil‧ter
• Rhymes: -ɛr

Noun

filter

1. filter (any device that separates one substance from another)
2. cigarette filter

Declension

References

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch filter, from French filtre, from Medieval Latin filtrum (compare also Old French feutre (“felt; filter”)), from Frankish *filtir, from Proto-West Germanic *felt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɪltər]
• Hyphenation: fil‧têr

Noun

filter

1. filter
   1. a device which separates a suspended, dissolved, or particulate matter from a fluid, solution, or other substance; any device that separates one substance from another
   2. (electronics, physics) electronics or software that separates unwanted signals (for example noise) from wanted signals or that attenuates selected frequencies

Synonyms

• penyaring
• penapis
• tapis

Derived terms

• memfilter (“to filter”)

Further reading

• “filter” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish filtr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfil.tɛr/
• Rhymes: -iltɛr
• Syllabification: fil‧ter

Noun

filter m inan

1. filter (device which separates a suspended, dissolved, or particulate matter from a fluid, solution, or other substance)

   Synonym: czëszcz

Further reading

• Jan Trepczyk (1994) “filtr”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “filtr”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[4]

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French filtre.

Noun

filter n (definite singular filteret or filtret, indefinite plural filter or filtre, definite plural filtra or filtrene)

1. filter

Derived terms

• kaffefilter
• luftfilter

Related terms

• filtrere

References

• “filter” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French filtre.

Noun

filter n (definite singular filteret, indefinite plural filter, definite plural filtera)

1. filter

Derived terms

• luftfilter

References

• “filter” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• fìltar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fǐlter/
• Hyphenation: fil‧ter

Noun

fìlter m (Cyrillic spelling фѝлтер)

1. filter

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

filter n

1. a filter (similar senses to English)

Declension

Derived terms

• kaffefilter

References

• filter in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• filter in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• filter in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• fertil