converger

English

Etymology

converge +‎ -er

Noun

converger (plural convergers)

1. One who converges.

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French

Etymology

From Latin convergō.

Pronunciation

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Verb

converger

1. to converge

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written converge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Conjugation of converger (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	converger
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	convergeant /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		convergé /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	converge /kɔ̃.vɛʁʒ/	converges /kɔ̃.vɛʁʒ/	converge /kɔ̃.vɛʁʒ/	convergeons /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒɔ̃/	convergez /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒe/	convergent /kɔ̃.vɛʁʒ/
	imperfect	convergeais /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒɛ/	convergeais /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒɛ/	convergeait /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒɛ/	convergions /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒjɔ̃/	convergiez /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒje/	convergeaient /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒɛ/
	past historic2	convergeai /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒe/	convergeas /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒa/	convergea /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒa/	convergeâmes /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒam/	convergeâtes /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒat/	convergèrent /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒɛʁ/
	future	convergerai /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒə.ʁe/	convergeras /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒə.ʁa/	convergera /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒə.ʁa/	convergerons /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ̃/	convergerez /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒə.ʁe/	convergeront /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	convergerais /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/	convergerais /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/	convergerait /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/	convergerions /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/	convergeriez /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒə.ʁje/	convergeraient /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒə.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	converge /kɔ̃.vɛʁʒ/	converges /kɔ̃.vɛʁʒ/	converge /kɔ̃.vɛʁʒ/	convergions /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒjɔ̃/	convergiez /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒje/	convergent /kɔ̃.vɛʁʒ/
	imperfect2	convergeasse /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒas/	convergeasses /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒas/	convergeât /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒa/	convergeassions /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒa.sjɔ̃/	convergeassiez /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒa.sje/	convergeassent /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	converge /kɔ̃.vɛʁʒ/	—	convergeons /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒɔ̃/	convergez /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒe/	—
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).

Related terms

• convergence
• convergent

Further reading

• “converger”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin convergō.

Verb

1. to converge

Related terms

• convergencia
• convergente

Further reading

• “converger”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014