condenser

English

Etymology

From condense +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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  • 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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