Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

portafilter

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.19 in modern English

Syllables: portafil-ter
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A holder for ground espresso coffee that is attached to a group in an espresso machine to produce espresso.

noun

A similar-shaped device but without a bottom opening, used to backflush or clean an espresso machine.

Etymology

Blend of portable + filter, or possibly incompletely calqued from Italian portafiltro "filter-carrier".

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: portafiltro

Inflected Forms

portafilters (plural)

Questions

What does portafilter mean?: A holder for ground espresso coffee that is attached to a group in an espresso machine to produce espresso.
Where does portafilter come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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