doubler

English

Etymology

double +‎ -er

Noun

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. (US, dialectal) A tenement house having two families on each floor.
  4. (colloquial) A biplane aeroplane or kite.
  5. Part of a distilling apparatus for intercepting the heavier fractions and returning them to be redistilled.
  6. (calico printing) A blanket or felt placed between the fabric and the printing table or cylinder.
  7. A person employed in a roller mill to fold the hot metal plates in half.

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French

Etymology

From Old French dobler, from Late Latin dūplāre, present active infinitive of dūplō, from Latin dūplus. Compare Spanish and Catalan doblar, Portuguese dobrar, Italian doppiare.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /du.ble/
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Verb

doubler

  1. to double, duplicate
    A cet instant précis, il a décidé de doubler la mise.
  2. to double-cross
    Nous avons été doublé ce coup-ci.
  3. to overtake, pass
    Sur l'autoroute, nous avons eu l'occasion de doubler de nombreux véhicules.
  4. to dub
    Daniel Beretta qui double Arnold Schwarzenegger en français depuis 1987 a également prêté sa voix à l'agent Sam Fisher.
  5. (Belgium) to repeat a school year
    Synonym: redoubler

Conjugation
Conjugation of doubler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle doublant
/du.blɑ̃/
past participle doublé
/du.ble/
infinitive
simple doubler
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple doublant
/du.blɑ̃/
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 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 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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