adsorber

English

Etymology

From adsorb +‎ -er.

Noun

adsorber (plural adsorbers)

2. Something which adsorbs, especially a solid material, such as activated carbon, that has a high surface area and is used to capture a gas or liquid

Derived terms

• hemoadsorber

 

Descendants

• → Polish: adsorber

Translations

something which adsorbs

• Polish: adsorber (pl) m
• Portuguese: adsorvedor m

See also

• absorber

Anagrams

• boarders, readsorb, reboards

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /at.sɔʁ.be/

• Audio:

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Verb

adsorber

1. (transitive, physical chemistry, physics) adsorb (to accumulate on a surface, by adsorption)

Conjugation

Conjugation of adsorber (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	adsorber
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	adsorbant /at.sɔʁ.bɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		adsorbé /at.sɔʁ.be/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	adsorbe /at.sɔʁb/	adsorbes /at.sɔʁb/	adsorbe /at.sɔʁb/	adsorbons /at.sɔʁ.bɔ̃/	adsorbez /at.sɔʁ.be/	adsorbent /at.sɔʁb/
	imperfect	adsorbais /at.sɔʁ.bɛ/	adsorbais /at.sɔʁ.bɛ/	adsorbait /at.sɔʁ.bɛ/	adsorbions /at.sɔʁ.bjɔ̃/	adsorbiez /at.sɔʁ.bje/	adsorbaient /at.sɔʁ.bɛ/
	past historic2	adsorbai /at.sɔʁ.be/	adsorbas /at.sɔʁ.ba/	adsorba /at.sɔʁ.ba/	adsorbâmes /at.sɔʁ.bam/	adsorbâtes /at.sɔʁ.bat/	adsorbèrent /at.sɔʁ.bɛʁ/
	future	adsorberai /at.sɔʁ.bə.ʁe/	adsorberas /at.sɔʁ.bə.ʁa/	adsorbera /at.sɔʁ.bə.ʁa/	adsorberons /at.sɔʁ.bə.ʁɔ̃/	adsorberez /at.sɔʁ.bə.ʁe/	adsorberont /at.sɔʁ.bə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	adsorberais /at.sɔʁ.bə.ʁɛ/	adsorberais /at.sɔʁ.bə.ʁɛ/	adsorberait /at.sɔʁ.bə.ʁɛ/	adsorberions /at.sɔʁ.bə.ʁjɔ̃/	adsorberiez /at.sɔʁ.bə.ʁje/	adsorberaient /at.sɔʁ.bə.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	adsorbe /at.sɔʁb/	adsorbes /at.sɔʁb/	adsorbe /at.sɔʁb/	adsorbions /at.sɔʁ.bjɔ̃/	adsorbiez /at.sɔʁ.bje/	adsorbent /at.sɔʁb/
	imperfect2	adsorbasse /at.sɔʁ.bas/	adsorbasses /at.sɔʁ.bas/	adsorbât /at.sɔʁ.ba/	adsorbassions /at.sɔʁ.ba.sjɔ̃/	adsorbassiez /at.sɔʁ.ba.sje/	adsorbassent /at.sɔʁ.bas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	adsorbe /at.sɔʁb/	—	adsorbons /at.sɔʁ.bɔ̃/	adsorbez /at.sɔʁ.be/	—
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

• adsorbeur

Further reading

• “adsorber”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English adsorber, from Latin ad- + sorbeō. By surface analysis, adsorbować +‎ -er. First attested in 1923.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /atˈsɔr.bɛr/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔrbɛr
• Syllabification: ad‧sor‧ber

Noun

adsorber m inan

1. (chemistry, physics) adsorber (something which adsorbs, especially a solid material, such as activated carbon, that has a high surface area and is used to capture a gas or liquid)

Declension

Declension of adsorber

	singular	plural
nominative	adsorber	adsorbery
genitive	adsorbera	adsorberów
dative	adsorberowi	adsorberom
accusative	adsorber	adsorbery
instrumental	adsorberem	adsorberami
locative	adsorberze	adsorberach
vocative	adsorberze	adsorbery

Related terms

adjectives

• adsorbowalny
• adsorpcyjny

 

adverb

• adsorpcyjnie

 

nouns

• adsorbat
• adsorbent
• adsorpcja
• adsorpcyjność

 

verbs

• adsorbować impf, zaadsorbować pf, (obsolete) zadsorbować pf

 

See also

• absorber

Further reading

• adsorber in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adsoɾˈbeɾ/ [að̞.soɾˈβ̞eɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: ad‧sor‧ber

Verb

adsorber (first-person singular present adsorbo, first-person singular preterite adsorbí, past participle adsorbido)

1. (transitive, physical chemistry, physics) adsorb (to accumulate on a surface, by adsorption)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of adsorber (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			adsorber
gerund			adsorbiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		adsorbido		adsorbida
		plural		adsorbidos		adsorbidas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	adsorbo	adsorbestú adsorbésvos	adsorbe	adsorbemos	adsorbéis	adsorben
	imperfect	adsorbía	adsorbías	adsorbía	adsorbíamos	adsorbíais	adsorbían
	preterite	adsorbí	adsorbiste	adsorbió	adsorbimos	adsorbisteis	adsorbieron
	future	adsorberé	adsorberás	adsorberá	adsorberemos	adsorberéis	adsorberán
	conditional	adsorbería	adsorberías	adsorbería	adsorberíamos	adsorberíais	adsorberían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	adsorba	adsorbastú adsorbásvos2	adsorba	adsorbamos	adsorbáis	adsorban
	imperfect (ra)	adsorbiera	adsorbieras	adsorbiera	adsorbiéramos	adsorbierais	adsorbieran
	imperfect (se)	adsorbiese	adsorbieses	adsorbiese	adsorbiésemos	adsorbieseis	adsorbiesen
	future1	adsorbiere	adsorbieres	adsorbiere	adsorbiéremos	adsorbiereis	adsorbieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		adsorbetú adsorbévos	adsorba	adsorbamos	adsorbed	adsorban
	negative		no adsorbas	no adsorba	no adsorbamos	no adsorbáis	no adsorban

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of adsorber

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive adsorber
	dative	adsorberme	adsorberte	adsorberle, adsorberse	adsorbernos	adsorberos	adsorberles, adsorberse
	accusative	adsorberme	adsorberte	adsorberlo, adsorberla, adsorberse	adsorbernos	adsorberos	adsorberlos, adsorberlas, adsorberse
with gerund adsorbiendo
	dative	adsorbiéndome	adsorbiéndote	adsorbiéndole, adsorbiéndose	adsorbiéndonos	adsorbiéndoos	adsorbiéndoles, adsorbiéndose
	accusative	adsorbiéndome	adsorbiéndote	adsorbiéndolo, adsorbiéndola, adsorbiéndose	adsorbiéndonos	adsorbiéndoos	adsorbiéndolos, adsorbiéndolas, adsorbiéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative adsorbe
	dative	adsórbeme	adsórbete	adsórbele	adsórbenos	not used	adsórbeles
	accusative	adsórbeme	adsórbete	adsórbelo, adsórbela	adsórbenos	not used	adsórbelos, adsórbelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative adsorbé
	dative	adsorbeme	adsorbete	adsorbele	adsorbenos	not used	adsorbeles
	accusative	adsorbeme	adsorbete	adsorbelo, adsorbela	adsorbenos	not used	adsorbelos, adsorbelas
with formal second-person singular imperative adsorba
	dative	adsórbame	not used	adsórbale, adsórbase	adsórbanos	not used	adsórbales
	accusative	adsórbame	not used	adsórbalo, adsórbala, adsórbase	adsórbanos	not used	adsórbalos, adsórbalas
with first-person plural imperative adsorbamos
	dative	not used	adsorbámoste	adsorbámosle	adsorbámonos	adsorbámoos	adsorbámosles
	accusative	not used	adsorbámoste	adsorbámoslo, adsorbámosla	adsorbámonos	adsorbámoos	adsorbámoslos, adsorbámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative adsorbed
	dative	adsorbedme	not used	adsorbedle	adsorbednos	adsorbeos	adsorbedles
	accusative	adsorbedme	not used	adsorbedlo, adsorbedla	adsorbednos	adsorbeos	adsorbedlos, adsorbedlas
with formal second-person plural imperative adsorban
	dative	adsórbanme	not used	adsórbanle	adsórbannos	not used	adsórbanles, adsórbanse
	accusative	adsórbanme	not used	adsórbanlo, adsórbanla	adsórbannos	not used	adsórbanlos, adsórbanlas, adsórbanse

Further reading

• “adsorber”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014