doubler

English

Noun

doubler (plural doublers)

1. One who doubles
2. An instrument for augmenting a very small quantity of electricity, so as to render it manifest by sparks or the electroscope.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Anagrams

• boulder

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French

Etymology

From Late Latin duplare.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [duble]

• Audio

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Verb

doubler

1. to double, duplicate

   A cet instant précis, il a décidé de doubler la mise.

2. to double-cross

   Nous avons été doublé ce coup-ci.

3. to overtake, pass

   Sur l'autoroute, nous avons eu l'occasion de doubler de nombreux véhicules.

4. to dub

   Daniel Beretta qui double Arnold Schwarzenegger en français depuis 1987 a également prêté sa voix à l'agent Sam Fisher.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of doubler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		doubler			avoir doublé
gerund		en doublant			en ayant doublé
present participle		doublant
past participle		doublé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	double	doubles	double	doublons	doublez	doublent
	imperfect	doublais	doublais	doublait	doublions	doubliez	doublaient
	past historic1	doublai	doublas	doubla	doublâmes	doublâtes	doublèrent
	future	doublerai	doubleras	doublera	doublerons	doublerez	doubleront
	conditional	doublerais	doublerais	doublerait	doublerions	doubleriez	doubleraient
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	double	doubles	double	doublions	doubliez	doublent
	imperfect1	doublasse	doublasses	doublât	doublassions	doublassiez	doublassent
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	–
		—	double	—	doublons	doublez	—
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Derived terms

• doublage
• redoubler
• dédoubler