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distiller

English

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Etymology

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From distill +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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distiller (plural distillers)

  1. 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.
  2. A device or apparatus that distills, a condenser; a still.
  3. A company whose business is distilling, especially one that manufactures alcoholic spirits or liquor.

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French

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin dēstillāre (“to distil, to trickle”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /dis.ti.je/, (proscribed but common) /dis.ti.le/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

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distiller

  1. to distill

Conjugation

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Conjugation of distiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple distiller
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 – tu – nous vous –
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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Descendants

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  • → Romanian: distila

Further reading

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Latin

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Verb

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distīller

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of distīllō
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