condenser

condenser

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English condense
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āsjos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English condenser

    From condense + -er.

    Pronunciation

    • (General American) enPR: IPA(key): /ˈkʰəndɛnsɚ/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
    • Rhymes: -ɛnsə(ɹ)

    Noun

    condenser (plural condensers)

    1. (process engineering) A device designed to condense a gas into a liquid, either as part of a still, steam engine, refrigerator or similar machine.
    2. (electronics, chiefly historical or in compound terms) A capacitor.
    3. (optics) A lens (or combination of lenses) designed to gather light and focus it onto a specimen or part of a mechanism.
    4. A dental instrument used to pack filling into a cavity in a tooth.

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    French

    Etymology

      Borrowed from Latin condēnsāre.

      Pronunciation

      Verb

      condenser

      1. (transitive) to condense
      2. (transitive) to compress
      3. (transitive) to concentrate

      Conjugation

      Conjugation of condenser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
      infinitive simple condenser
      compound avoir + past participle
      present participle or gerund1 simple condensant
      /kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sɑ̃/
      compound ayant + past participle
      past participle condensé
      /kɔ̃.dɑ̃.se/
      singular plural
      first second third first second third
      indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
      (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 historic2 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 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 condense
      /kɔ̃.dɑ̃s/       		condenses
      /kɔ̃.dɑ̃s/       		condense
      /kɔ̃.dɑ̃s/       		condensions
      /kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sjɔ̃/       		condensiez
      /kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sje/       		condensent
      /kɔ̃.dɑ̃s/
      imperfect2 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 present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
      pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
      imperative – tu – nous vous –
      simple — condense
      /kɔ̃.dɑ̃s/       		— condensons
      /kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sɔ̃/       		condensez
      /kɔ̃.dɑ̃.se/       		—
      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).

      Further reading

      Latin

      Verb

      condēnser

      1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of condēnsō
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