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doubler

English edit

Etymology 1 edit

double (verb) +‎ -er

Noun edit

doubler (plural doublers)

  1. One who doubles.
  2. An instrument for augmenting a very small quantity of electricity, so as to render it manifest by sparks or the electroscope.
  3. (structural engineering) A metal plate riveted or welded over a preexisting metal structural component to reinforce it and relieve the stress on the preexisting component, or to serve as a patch where part of the original structure has failed or been removed.
    The mechanics fastened a doubler over the hole where the cracked section of the plane's skin had been cut out.
    The airworthiness directive called for riveting a reinforcing doubler to the wing midspar web to keep the spar from buckling under flight loads.
  4. Part of a distilling apparatus for intercepting the heavier fractions and returning them to be redistilled.
  5. (calico printing) A blanket or felt placed between the fabric and the printing table or cylinder.
  6. A person employed in a roller mill to fold the hot metal plates in half.
  7. A device with two electrical plugs that plugs into an electrical outlet, effectively converting the electrical outlet into two; socket converter.
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

double (adjective) +‎ -er

Noun edit

doubler (plural doublers)

  1. (US, dialect) A tenement house having two families on each floor.
  2. (colloquial) A biplane aeroplane or kite.

Anagrams edit

French edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old French dobler, from Late Latin dūplāre, from Latin dūplus. Compare Spanish and Catalan doblar, Portuguese dobrar, Italian doppiare.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /du.ble/
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Verb edit

doubler

  1. to double, duplicate
    A cet instant précis, il a décidé de doubler la mise.
    At that precise instant, he decided to double the bet.
  2. to double-cross
    Nous avons été doublé ce coup-ci.
    We've been double-crossed this time.
  3. to overtake, pass
    Sur l’autoroute, nous avons eu l’occasion de doubler de nombreux véhicules.
    On the motorway, we had the opportunity to overtake many vehicles. (UK)
    On the freeway, we had the opportunity to pass many vehicles. (US)
  4. (sound engineering) to dub
    Daniel Beretta qui double Arnold Schwarzenegger en français depuis 1987 a également prêté sa voix à l’agent Sam Fisher.
    Daniel Beretta, who has dubbed Arnold Schwarzenegger in the French versions of his films since 1987, has also lent his voice to the agent Sam Fisher.
  5. (Belgium) to repeat a school year
    Synonym: redoubler
  6. to line (a coat)

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of doubler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple doubler
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple doublant
/du.blɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle doublé
/du.ble/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present double
/dubl/ 		doubles
/dubl/ 		double
/dubl/ 		doublons
/du.blɔ̃/ 		doublez
/du.ble/ 		doublent
/dubl/
imperfect doublais
/du.blɛ/ 		doublais
/du.blɛ/ 		doublait
/du.blɛ/ 		doublions
/du.bli.jɔ̃/ 		doubliez
/du.bli.je/ 		doublaient
/du.blɛ/
past historic2 doublai
/du.ble/ 		doublas
/du.bla/ 		doubla
/du.bla/ 		doublâmes
/du.blam/ 		doublâtes
/du.blat/ 		doublèrent
/du.blɛʁ/
future doublerai
/du.blə.ʁe/ 		doubleras
/du.blə.ʁa/ 		doublera
/du.blə.ʁa/ 		doublerons
/du.blə.ʁɔ̃/ 		doublerez
/du.blə.ʁe/ 		doubleront
/du.blə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional doublerais
/du.blə.ʁɛ/ 		doublerais
/du.blə.ʁɛ/ 		doublerait
/du.blə.ʁɛ/ 		doublerions
/du.blə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		doubleriez
/du.blə.ʁje/ 		doubleraient
/du.blə.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present double
/dubl/ 		doubles
/dubl/ 		double
/dubl/ 		doublions
/du.bli.jɔ̃/ 		doubliez
/du.bli.je/ 		doublent
/dubl/
imperfect2 doublasse
/du.blas/ 		doublasses
/du.blas/ 		doublât
/du.bla/ 		doublassions
/du.bla.sjɔ̃/ 		doublassiez
/du.bla.sje/ 		doublassent
/du.blas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — double
/dubl/ 		— doublons
/du.blɔ̃/ 		doublez
/du.ble/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • → Brazilian Portuguese: dublar
  • → Romanian: dubla

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