pipette

Alternative forms

• pipet (US)

modern pipettes

traditional pipette

Etymology

From French pipette, from pipe + -ette.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pɪˈpɛt/
• (US) enPR: pī.pĕtʹ, IPA^(key): /paɪˈpɛt/

Noun

pipette (plural pipettes)

1. (sciences) A small glass tube, often with an enlargement or bulb in the middle, and usually graduated, used for transferring or delivering measured quantities of a liquid. [from 19th c.]

Verb

pipette (third-person singular simple present pipettes, present participle pipetting, simple past and past participle pipetted)

1. To transfer or measure the volume of a liquid using a pipette.

Etymology

From pipe +‎ -ette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pipɛt/

Noun

pipette f (plural pipettes)

1. (sciences) pipette

Further reading

• “pipette” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Noun

pipette f

1. plural of pipetta

Etymology

From French pipette

Noun

pipette m (definite singular pipetten, indefinite plural pipetter, definite plural pipettene)

1. a pipette

References

• “pipette” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

pipette on the Norwegian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^no

Etymology

From French pipette

Noun

pipette m (definite singular pipetten, indefinite plural pipettar, definite plural pipettane)

1. a pipette

References

• “pipette” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.