diverger

English

Etymology

From diverge +‎ -er. The learner sense was coined by educational theorists David A. Kolb and Roger E. Fry in the 1970s.

Noun

diverger (plural divergers)

1. One who, or that which, diverges.

   Antonym: converger

2. (education) A learner who prefers reflection on and discussion of their concrete experiences, and thus typically cultural and creative subjects.

   Coordinate terms: converger, assimilator, accommodator

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dīvergō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.vɛʁ.ʒe/

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Verb

diverger

1. (intransitive) to diverge

   Antonym: converger

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written diverge- 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 diverger (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	diverger
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	divergeant /di.vɛʁ.ʒɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		divergé /di.vɛʁ.ʒe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	diverge /di.vɛʁʒ/	diverges /di.vɛʁʒ/	diverge /di.vɛʁʒ/	divergeons /di.vɛʁ.ʒɔ̃/	divergez /di.vɛʁ.ʒe/	divergent /di.vɛʁʒ/
	imperfect	divergeais /di.vɛʁ.ʒɛ/	divergeais /di.vɛʁ.ʒɛ/	divergeait /di.vɛʁ.ʒɛ/	divergions /di.vɛʁ.ʒjɔ̃/	divergiez /di.vɛʁ.ʒje/	divergeaient /di.vɛʁ.ʒɛ/
	past historic2	divergeai /di.vɛʁ.ʒe/	divergeas /di.vɛʁ.ʒa/	divergea /di.vɛʁ.ʒa/	divergeâmes /di.vɛʁ.ʒam/	divergeâtes /di.vɛʁ.ʒat/	divergèrent /di.vɛʁ.ʒɛʁ/
	future	divergerai /di.vɛʁ.ʒə.ʁe/	divergeras /di.vɛʁ.ʒə.ʁa/	divergera /di.vɛʁ.ʒə.ʁa/	divergerons /di.vɛʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ̃/	divergerez /di.vɛʁ.ʒə.ʁe/	divergeront /di.vɛʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	divergerais /di.vɛʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/	divergerais /di.vɛʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/	divergerait /di.vɛʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/	divergerions /di.vɛʁ.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/	divergeriez /di.vɛʁ.ʒə.ʁje/	divergeraient /di.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	diverge /di.vɛʁʒ/	diverges /di.vɛʁʒ/	diverge /di.vɛʁʒ/	divergions /di.vɛʁ.ʒjɔ̃/	divergiez /di.vɛʁ.ʒje/	divergent /di.vɛʁʒ/
	imperfect2	divergeasse /di.vɛʁ.ʒas/	divergeasses /di.vɛʁ.ʒas/	divergeât /di.vɛʁ.ʒa/	divergeassions /di.vɛʁ.ʒa.sjɔ̃/	divergeassiez /di.vɛʁ.ʒa.sje/	divergeassent /di.vɛʁ.ʒas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	diverge /di.vɛʁʒ/	—	divergeons /di.vɛʁ.ʒɔ̃/	divergez /di.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

• divergence
• divergent

References

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

diverger

1. imperative of divergere