dispenser

English

Etymology

From dispense.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dɪˈspɛnsə/

Noun

dispenser (plural dispensers)

1. An object used to dispense other items.

   a toilet-paper dispenser

2. A person who makes up prescriptions, a pharmacist, an optician

Translations

object used to dispense other items

• Finnish: jakelulaite, annostelija (fi)
• French: distributeur (fr) m
• Greek: διανεμητής (el) (dianemitís) m
• Irish: riarthóir (ga) m

• Italian: distributore (it) m
• Polish: dozownik m
• Swedish: utdelare (sv) c, fördelare (sv) c, dosa (sv) c

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dispensare.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dispɑ̃se/

• Audio

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Verb

dispenser

1. (transitive) to excuse, exempt (de from)
2. (transitive, literary) to dispense, give out, radiate
3. (reflexive) to avoid, refrain (de from)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of dispenser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		dispenser			avoir dispensé
gerund		en dispensant			en ayant dispensé
present participle		dispensant
past participle		dispensé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	dispense	dispenses	dispense	dispensons	dispensez	dispensent
	imperfect	dispensais	dispensais	dispensait	dispensions	dispensiez	dispensaient
	past historic1	dispensai	dispensas	dispensa	dispensâmes	dispensâtes	dispensèrent
	future	dispenserai	dispenseras	dispensera	dispenserons	dispenserez	dispenseront
	conditional	dispenserais	dispenserais	dispenserait	dispenserions	dispenseriez	dispenseraient
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	dispense	dispenses	dispense	dispensions	dispensiez	dispensent
	imperfect1	dispensasse	dispensasses	dispensât	dispensassions	dispensassiez	dispensassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	dispense	—	dispensons	dispensez	—
1literary tenses

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Latin

Verb

dispenser

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of dispensō