disperser

English

Etymology

disperse +‎ -er

Noun

disperser (plural dispersers)

  1. (chemistry) A substance that stabilizes a dispersion; an emulsifier.
  2. (graph theory) A particular kind of bipartite graph.
  3. (ecology) An organism that disperses something, such as seeds, in the environment.
    • 1996, Charles R. Brown, ‎Mary Bomberger Brown, Coloniality in the Cliff Swallow
      Nesting data from dispersers and nondispersers came from the same set of colonies and were thus directly comparable.

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French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dis.pɛʁ.se/
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Verb

disperser

  1. to scatter; to disperse

Conjugation
Conjugation of disperser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle dispersant
/dis.pɛʁ.sɑ̃/
past participle dispersé
/dis.pɛʁ.se/
infinitive
simple disperser
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple dispersant
/dis.pɛʁ.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present disperse
/dis.pɛʁs/		 disperses
/dis.pɛʁs/		 disperse
/dis.pɛʁs/		 dispersons
/dis.pɛʁ.sɔ̃/		 dispersez
/dis.pɛʁ.se/		 dispersent
/dis.pɛʁs/
imperfect dispersais
/dis.pɛʁ.sɛ/		 dispersais
/dis.pɛʁ.sɛ/		 dispersait
/dis.pɛʁ.sɛ/		 dispersions
/dis.pɛʁ.sjɔ̃/		 dispersiez
/dis.pɛʁ.sje/		 dispersaient
/dis.pɛʁ.sɛ/
past historic2 dispersai
/dis.pɛʁ.se/		 dispersas
/dis.pɛʁ.sa/		 dispersa
/dis.pɛʁ.sa/		 dispersâmes
/dis.pɛʁ.sam/		 dispersâtes
/dis.pɛʁ.sat/		 dispersèrent
/dis.pɛʁ.sɛʁ/
future disperserai
/dis.pɛʁ.sə.ʁe/		 disperseras
/dis.pɛʁ.sə.ʁa/		 dispersera
/dis.pɛʁ.sə.ʁa/		 disperserons
/dis.pɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/		 disperserez
/dis.pɛʁ.sə.ʁe/		 disperseront
/dis.pɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional disperserais
/dis.pɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/		 disperserais
/dis.pɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/		 disperserait
/dis.pɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/		 disperserions
/dis.pɛʁ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/		 disperseriez
/dis.pɛʁ.sə.ʁje/		 disperseraient
/dis.pɛʁ.sə.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 disperse
/dis.pɛʁs/		 disperses
/dis.pɛʁs/		 disperse
/dis.pɛʁs/		 dispersions
/dis.pɛʁ.sjɔ̃/		 dispersiez
/dis.pɛʁ.sje/		 dispersent
/dis.pɛʁs/
imperfect2 dispersasse
/dis.pɛʁ.sas/		 dispersasses
/dis.pɛʁ.sas/		 dispersât
/dis.pɛʁ.sa/		 dispersassions
/dis.pɛʁ.sa.sjɔ̃/		 dispersassiez
/dis.pɛʁ.sa.sje/		 dispersassent
/dis.pɛʁ.sas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — disperse
/dis.pɛʁs/		 — dispersons
/dis.pɛʁ.sɔ̃/		 dispersez
/dis.pɛʁ.se/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Adjective

disperser

  1. comparative degree of dispers
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