filter

mataciya, abin tace

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈfɪltə/
• (US) IPA: /ˈfɪltɚ/

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Noun

Singular filter

Plural filters

Singular matata or mataciya

Plural matatu

An air filter

1. (countable) A filter is a piece of equipment that put gas or liquid through to take out the parts you don't want, to clean it.

   Car engines have a fuel filter to keep the fuel clean.

Verb

Plain form (yanzu) filter

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) filters

Past tense (ya wuce) filtered

Past participle (ya wuce) filtered

Present participle (ana cikin yi) filtering

1. (transitive) If you filter a gas or a liquid, you put it through something that takes out the parts you don't want.

   We filter the water.