absorber
See also Absorber
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
Wikipedia absorber (plural absorbers)
- A device which causes gas or vapor to be absorbed by a liquid. [First attested in the mid 19th century.][1]
- A person that absorbs. [First attested in the mid 19th century.][1]
- (nuclear physics) A material that absorbs neutrons in a reactor.
Translations
one who, or that which, absorbs
References
- ↑ 1.01.1 2003 [1933], Brown, Lesley editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, edition 5th, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7, page 9:
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Latin absorbēre, present active infinitive of absorbeō (“absorb”).
Pronunciation
-
Audio (file)
Verb
absorber
- to absorb
Conjugation
Conjugation of absorber (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | absorber | avoir absorbé | |||||
| gerund | en absorbant | en ayant absorbé | |||||
| present participle | absorbant | ||||||
| past participle | absorbé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | absorbe | absorbes | absorbe | absorbons | absorbez | absorbent |
| imperfect | absorbais | absorbais | absorbait | absorbions | absorbiez | absorbaient | |
| past historic1 | absorbai | absorbas | absorba | absorbâmes | absorbâtes | absorbèrent | |
| future | absorberai | absorberas | absorbera | absorberons | absorberez | absorberont | |
| conditional | absorberais | absorberais | absorberait | absorberions | absorberiez | absorberaient | |
| 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 | absorbe | absorbes | absorbe | absorbions | absorbiez | absorbent |
| imperfect1 | absorbasse | absorbasses | absorbât | absorbassions | absorbassiez | absorbassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | absorbe | — | absorbons | absorbez | — | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin absorbēre, present active infinitive of absorbeō (“absorb”).
Verb
absorber (first-person singular present absorbo, first-person singular preterite absorbí, past participle absorbido)
Conjugation
Conjugation of absorber (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)