filter

== 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) 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. Electronics or software that separates unwanted signals (for example noise) from wanted signals or that attenuates selected frequencies. Any item, mechanism, device, or procedure that acts to separate or isolate. (figurative) Self-restraint in speech. (mathematics, order theory) A non-empty upper set (of a partially ordered set) which is closed under binary infima (a.k.a. meets). (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. (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) (transitive) To sort, sift, or isolate. (transitive) To diffuse; to cause to be less concentrated or focused. (intransitive) To pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter. (intransitive) To move slowly or gradually; to come or go a few at a time. (intransitive) To ride a motorcycle between lanes on a road (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) 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) a filter (dense mesh or fabric used for filtration) a cigarette filter a light filter a camera filter ==== Usage notes ==== The word is masculine in Belgium, chiefly neuter but sometimes masculine in the Netherlands. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== filtratie filtreren ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: filter → Indonesian: filter === References === === Anagrams === flirte == German == === Pronunciation === === Verb === filter inflection of filtern: first-person singular present singular imperative == Hungarian == === Etymology === From German Filter, from Medieval Latin filtrum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈfiltɛr] Hyphenation: fil‧ter Rhymes: -ɛr === Noun === filter filter (any device that separates one substance from another) 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 filter 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 (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 [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), 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 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[5] == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From French filtre. === Noun === filter n (definite singular filteret or filtret, indefinite plural filter or filtre, definite plural filtra or filtrene) 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) 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 inan (Cyrillic spelling фѝлтер) filter == Swedish == === Pronunciation === === Noun === filter n a filter (similar senses to English) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== kaffefilter === References === “filter”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “filter”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “filter”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) === Anagrams === fertil