distiller
English
Etymology
distill + -er
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪlə(ɹ)
Noun
distiller (plural distillers)
- A person who distills, especially alcoholic spirits or hard liquor by a process of distillation; a person who owns, works in or operates a distillery.
- A device or apparatus that distills, a condenser; a still.
- A company whose business is distilling, especially one that manufactures alcoholic spirits or liquor.
Related terms
- distil, distill
- distilland
- distillate
- distillation
- distilled water
- distilling
Translations
a person who distills, one who owns or works in a distillery
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an apparatus that distills, a condenser, a still
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a company that distills
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Anagrams
- redistill, ristellid
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dēstillāre, present active infinitive of dēstillō (“I distil, I trickle”).
Pronunciation
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Verb
distiller
- to distill
Conjugation
Conjugation of distiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | distiller | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | distillant /dis.ti.jɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | distillé /dis.ti.je/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | distille /dis.tij/ | distilles /dis.tij/ | distille /dis.tij/ | distillons /dis.ti.jɔ̃/ | distillez /dis.ti.je/ | distillent /dis.tij/ |
imperfect | distillais /dis.ti.jɛ/ | distillais /dis.ti.jɛ/ | distillait /dis.ti.jɛ/ | distillions /dis.tij.jɔ̃/ | distilliez /dis.tij.je/ | distillaient /dis.ti.jɛ/ | |
past historic2 | distillai /dis.ti.je/ | distillas /dis.ti.ja/ | distilla /dis.ti.ja/ | distillâmes /dis.ti.jam/ | distillâtes /dis.ti.jat/ | distillèrent /dis.ti.jɛʁ/ | |
future | distillerai /dis.tij.ʁe/ | distilleras /dis.tij.ʁa/ | distillera /dis.tij.ʁa/ | distillerons /dis.tij.ʁɔ̃/ | distillerez /dis.tij.ʁe/ | distilleront /dis.tij.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | distillerais /dis.tij.ʁɛ/ | distillerais /dis.tij.ʁɛ/ | distillerait /dis.tij.ʁɛ/ | distillerions /dis.ti.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ | distilleriez /dis.ti.jə.ʁje/ | distilleraient /dis.tij.ʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | distille /dis.tij/ | distilles /dis.tij/ | distille /dis.tij/ | distillions /dis.tij.jɔ̃/ | distilliez /dis.tij.je/ | distillent /dis.tij/ |
imperfect2 | distillasse /dis.ti.jas/ | distillasses /dis.ti.jas/ | distillât /dis.ti.ja/ | distillassions /dis.ti.ja.sjɔ̃/ | distillassiez /dis.ti.ja.sje/ | distillassent /dis.ti.jas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | distille /dis.tij/ | — | distillons /dis.ti.jɔ̃/ | distillez /dis.ti.je/ | — | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Related terms
- distillation
Further reading
- “distiller”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
distīller
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of distīllō