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Webster 1913 Edition
Distiller
Dis-till′er
,Noun.
1.
One who distills; esp., one who extracts alcoholic liquors by distillation.
2.
The condenser of a distilling apparatus.
Webster 1828 Edition
Distiller
DISTILLER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
distiller
distiller
English
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
an apparatus that distills, a condenser, a still
a company that distills
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin destillāre, present active infinitive of dēstillō (“I distil, I trickle”).
Verb
distiller
- to distill
Conjugation
Conjugation of distiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | distiller | avoir distillé | |||||
| gerund | en distillant | en ayant distillé | |||||
| present participle | distillant /dis.ti.jɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | distillé /dis.ti.je/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| 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/ |
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| past historic1 | distillai /dis.ti.je/ |
distillas /dis.ti.ja/ |
distilla /dis.ti.ja/ |
distillâmes /dis.ti.jam/ |
distillâtes /dis.ti.jat/ |
distillèrent /dis.ti.jɛʁ/ |
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| 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/ |
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| 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/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | distille /dis.tij/ |
distilles /dis.tij/ |
distille /dis.tij/ |
distillions /dis.tij.jɔ̃/ |
distilliez /dis.tij.je/ |
distillent /dis.tij/ |
| imperfect1 |
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/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | distille /dis.tij/ |
— | distillons /dis.ti.jɔ̃/ |
distillez /dis.ti.je/ |
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