disperser

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

disperse +‎ -er

Noun[edit]

disperser (plural dispersers)

  1. (chemistry) A substance that stabilizes a dispersion; an emulsifier.
  2. (graph theory) A particular kind of bipartite graph.
  3. (ecology) An organism that disperses something, such as seeds, in the environment.
    • 1996, Charles R. Brown, Mary Bomberger Brown, Coloniality in the Cliff Swallow:
      Nesting data from dispersers and nondispersers came from the same set of colonies and were thus directly comparable.
    • 2022 September 19, Schultheiss et al., “The abundance, biomass, and distribution of ants on Earth”, in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, page 1, column 1:
      Ants are integral components of terrestrial ecosystems, owing to their manifold interactions with other organisms. They serve as seed dispersers for plants (myrmecochory), mutualists with sap-sucking insects (trophobionts), and hosts for a wide range of associate organisms (myrmecophiles) and act as both predator and prey.

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Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /dis.pɛʁ.se/
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Verb[edit]

disperser

  1. to scatter; to disperse

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of disperser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple disperser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple dispersant
/dis.pɛʁ.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle dispersé
/dis.pɛʁ.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present disperse
/dis.pɛʁs/ 		disperses
/dis.pɛʁs/ 		disperse
/dis.pɛʁs/ 		dispersons
/dis.pɛʁ.sɔ̃/ 		dispersez
/dis.pɛʁ.se/ 		dispersent
/dis.pɛʁs/
imperfect dispersais
/dis.pɛʁ.sɛ/ 		dispersais
/dis.pɛʁ.sɛ/ 		dispersait
/dis.pɛʁ.sɛ/ 		dispersions
/dis.pɛʁ.sjɔ̃/ 		dispersiez
/dis.pɛʁ.sje/ 		dispersaient
/dis.pɛʁ.sɛ/
past historic2 dispersai
/dis.pɛʁ.se/ 		dispersas
/dis.pɛʁ.sa/ 		dispersa
/dis.pɛʁ.sa/ 		dispersâmes
/dis.pɛʁ.sam/ 		dispersâtes
/dis.pɛʁ.sat/ 		dispersèrent
/dis.pɛʁ.sɛʁ/
future disperserai
/dis.pɛʁ.sə.ʁe/ 		disperseras
/dis.pɛʁ.sə.ʁa/ 		dispersera
/dis.pɛʁ.sə.ʁa/ 		disperserons
/dis.pɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ 		disperserez
/dis.pɛʁ.sə.ʁe/ 		disperseront
/dis.pɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional disperserais
/dis.pɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ 		disperserais
/dis.pɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ 		disperserait
/dis.pɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ 		disperserions
/dis.pɛʁ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		disperseriez
/dis.pɛʁ.sə.ʁje/ 		disperseraient
/dis.pɛʁ.sə.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 disperse
/dis.pɛʁs/ 		disperses
/dis.pɛʁs/ 		disperse
/dis.pɛʁs/ 		dispersions
/dis.pɛʁ.sjɔ̃/ 		dispersiez
/dis.pɛʁ.sje/ 		dispersent
/dis.pɛʁs/
imperfect2 dispersasse
/dis.pɛʁ.sas/ 		dispersasses
/dis.pɛʁ.sas/ 		dispersât
/dis.pɛʁ.sa/ 		dispersassions
/dis.pɛʁ.sa.sjɔ̃/ 		dispersassiez
/dis.pɛʁ.sa.sje/ 		dispersassent
/dis.pɛʁ.sas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — disperse
/dis.pɛʁs/ 		— dispersons
/dis.pɛʁ.sɔ̃/ 		dispersez
/dis.pɛʁ.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).

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Adjective[edit]

disperser

  1. comparative degree of dispers

Adjective[edit]

disperser

  1. inflection of dispers:
    1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
    2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
    3. strong genitive plural
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