Main Entry: pi·pette

Variant(s): also pi·pet \pī-ˈpet\

Function: noun

Etymology: French pipette, diminutive of pipe pipe, cask, from Vulgar Latin *pipa, *pippa pipe

Date: 1839

: a small piece of apparatus which typically consists of a narrow tube into which fluid is drawn by suction (as for dispensing or measurement) and retained by closing the upper end

— pipette also pipet verb