délaiter
French, verb/de.lɛ.te/
délaiter is spelled D-É-L-A-I-T-E-R (8 letters). Délaiter is a French verb meaning “to skim off buttermilk” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Enlever le babeurre de la baratte une fois le beurre formé”.
What does délaiter mean in English?
verb
- 1
to skim off buttermilk
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Enlever le babeurre de la baratte une fois le beurre formé. 2. Perdre son lait, en parlant d’une huître.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of délaiter
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- délaitant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- délaité participle past
- délaite first-person indicative present
- délaites indicative present second-person
- délaitons first-person indicative plural
- délaitez indicative plural present
- délaitent indicative plural present
- délaitais first-person imperfect indicative
- délaitait imperfect indicative singular
- délaitions first-person imperfect indicative
- délaitiez imperfect indicative plural
- délaitaient imperfect indicative plural
- délaitai first-person historic indicative
- délaitas historic indicative past
- délaita historic indicative past
- délaitâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce délaiter?
- /de.lɛ.te/
- /de.le.te/
- \de.le.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.