absorber
See also: Absorber
Contents
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
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.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
one who, or that which, absorbs
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absorber of neutrons
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ReferencesEdit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 9
AnagramsEdit
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin absorbēre, present active infinitive of absorbeō (“absorb”).
PronunciationEdit
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VerbEdit
absorber
- to absorb
ConjugationEdit
Conjugation of absorber (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | absorber | avoir absorbé | |||||
| gerund | en absorbant | en ayant absorbé | |||||
| present participle | absorbant /ap.sɔʁ.bɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | absorbé /ap.sɔʁ.be/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | absorbe /ap.sɔʁb/ |
absorbes /ap.sɔʁb/ |
absorbe /ap.sɔʁb/ |
absorbons /ap.sɔʁ.bɔ̃/ |
absorbez /ap.sɔʁ.be/ |
absorbent /ap.sɔʁb/ |
| imperfect | absorbais /ap.sɔʁ.bɛ/ |
absorbais /ap.sɔʁ.bɛ/ |
absorbait /ap.sɔʁ.bɛ/ |
absorbions /ap.sɔʁ.bjɔ̃/ |
absorbiez /ap.sɔʁ.bje/ |
absorbaient /ap.sɔʁ.bɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | absorbai /ap.sɔʁ.be/ |
absorbas /ap.sɔʁ.ba/ |
absorba /ap.sɔʁ.ba/ |
absorbâmes /ap.sɔʁ.bam/ |
absorbâtes /ap.sɔʁ.bat/ |
absorbèrent /ap.sɔʁ.bɛʁ/ |
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| future | absorberai /ap.sɔʁ.bə.ʁe/ |
absorberas /ap.sɔʁ.bə.ʁa/ |
absorbera /ap.sɔʁ.bə.ʁa/ |
absorberons /ap.sɔʁ.bə.ʁɔ̃/ |
absorberez /ap.sɔʁ.bə.ʁe/ |
absorberont /ap.sɔʁ.bə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | absorberais /ap.sɔʁ.bə.ʁɛ/ |
absorberais /ap.sɔʁ.bə.ʁɛ/ |
absorberait /ap.sɔʁ.bə.ʁɛ/ |
absorberions /ap.sɔʁ.bə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
absorberiez /ap.sɔʁ.bə.ʁje/ |
absorberaient /ap.sɔʁ.bə.ʁɛ/ |
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| 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 /ap.sɔʁb/ |
absorbes /ap.sɔʁb/ |
absorbe /ap.sɔʁb/ |
absorbions /ap.sɔʁ.bjɔ̃/ |
absorbiez /ap.sɔʁ.bje/ |
absorbent /ap.sɔʁb/ |
| imperfect1 | absorbasse /ap.sɔʁ.bas/ |
absorbasses /ap.sɔʁ.bas/ |
absorbât /ap.sɔʁ.ba/ |
absorbassions /ap.sɔʁ.ba.sjɔ̃/ |
absorbassiez /ap.sɔʁ.ba.sje/ |
absorbassent /ap.sɔʁ.bas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | absorbe /ap.sɔʁb/ |
— | absorbons /ap.sɔʁ.bɔ̃/ |
absorbez /ap.sɔʁ.be/ |
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External linksEdit
- “absorber” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norwegian BokmålEdit
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin absorbēre, present active infinitive of absorbeō (“absorb”).
VerbEdit
absorber (first-person singular present absorbo, first-person singular preterite absorbí, past participle absorbido)
ConjugationEdit
1 Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.