condenser
English
Etymology
Noun
condenser (plural condensers)
- A device designed to condense a gas into a liquid, either as part of a still, steam engine, refrigerator or similar machine.
- (electronics) A capacitor.
- (optics) A lens (or combination of lenses) designed to gather light and focus it onto a specimen or part of a mechanism.
- A dental instrument used to pack filling into a cavity in a tooth.
Translations
device designed to condense a gas into a liquid
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capacitor — see capacitor
lens designed to gather light
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dental instrument
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin condēnsō, condēnsāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.dɑ̃.se/
Verb
condenser
- (transitive) to condense
- (transitive) to compress
- (transitive) to concentrate
Conjugation
Conjugation of condenser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | condenser | avoir condensé | |||||
| gerund | en condensant | en ayant condensé | |||||
| present participle | condensant /kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | condensé /kɔ̃.dɑ̃.se/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | condense /kɔ̃.dɑ̃s/ |
condenses /kɔ̃.dɑ̃s/ |
condense /kɔ̃.dɑ̃s/ |
condensons /kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sɔ̃/ |
condensez /kɔ̃.dɑ̃.se/ |
condensent /kɔ̃.dɑ̃s/ |
| imperfect | condensais /kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sɛ/ |
condensais /kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sɛ/ |
condensait /kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sɛ/ |
condensions /kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
condensiez /kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sje/ |
condensaient /kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sɛ/ | |
| past historic1 | condensai /kɔ̃.dɑ̃.se/ |
condensas /kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sa/ |
condensa /kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sa/ |
condensâmes /kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sam/ |
condensâtes /kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sat/ |
condensèrent /kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | condenserai /kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sʁe/ |
condenseras /kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sʁa/ |
condensera /kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sʁa/ |
condenserons /kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ |
condenserez /kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sʁe/ |
condenseront /kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | condenserais /kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
condenserais /kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
condenserait /kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
condenserions /kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
condenseriez /kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sə.ʁje/ |
condenseraient /kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sʁɛ/ | |
| 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 | condense /kɔ̃.dɑ̃s/ |
condenses /kɔ̃.dɑ̃s/ |
condense /kɔ̃.dɑ̃s/ |
condensions /kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
condensiez /kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sje/ |
condensent /kɔ̃.dɑ̃s/ |
| imperfect1 | condensasse /kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sas/ |
condensasses /kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sas/ |
condensât /kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sa/ |
condensassions /kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
condensassiez /kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sa.sje/ |
condensassent /kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sas/ | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | condense /kɔ̃.dɑ̃s/ |
— | condensons /kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sɔ̃/ |
condensez /kɔ̃.dɑ̃.se/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “condenser” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Verb
condēnser
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of condēnsō
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