emerger

See also: émerger

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English emerge

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English emerger

From emerge + -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

emerger (plural emergers)

1. (fishing) The form of an aquatic insect that is hatching or emerging; used in fly fishing.

Anagrams

• remerge

Middle French

Etymology

First known attestation 1476, borrowed from Latin emergō.

Verb

emerger

1. to emerge; to come out of; to rise out of

Conjugation

• As parler except an extra e is inserted after the final g before a and o.
• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of emerger

infinitive	simple	emerger
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	emergeant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		emergé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	emerge	emerges	emerge	emergeons	emergez	emergent
	imperfect	emergeois, emergeoys	emergeois, emergeoys	emergeoit, emergeoyt	emergions, emergyons	emergiez, emergyez	emergeoient, emergeoyent
	past historic	emergea	emergeas	emergea	emergeasmes	emergeastes	emergerent
	future	emergerai, emergeray	emergeras	emergera	emergerons	emergerez	emergeront
	conditional	emergerois, emergeroys	emergerois, emergeroys	emergeroit, emergeroyt	emergerions, emergeryons	emergeriez, emergeryez	emergeroient, emergeroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	emerge	emerges	emerge	emergeons	emergez	emergent
	imperfect	emergeasse	emergeasses	emergeast	emergeassions	emergeassiez	emergeassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	emerge	—	emergeons	emergez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

• French: émerger
  • → Romanian: emerge
• → Middle English: emerge
  • English: emerge

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs

Proto-Italic *eks

Latin ex

Latin ex-

Proto-Indo-European *mesg-

Proto-Indo-European *mésgeti

Latin mergō

Latin emergerebor.

Spanish emerger

Borrowed from Latin emergere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /emeɾˈxeɾ/ [e.meɾˈxeɾ]

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• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: e‧mer‧ger

Verb

emerger (first-person singular present emerjo, first-person singular preterite emergí, past participle emergido)

1. to emerge

   Synonym: surgir

Conjugation

    Conjugation of emerger (g-j alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			emerger
gerund			emergiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		emergido		emergida
		plural		emergidos		emergidas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	emerjo	emergestú emergésvos	emerge	emergemos	emergéis	emergen
	imperfect	emergía	emergías	emergía	emergíamos	emergíais	emergían
	preterite	emergí	emergiste	emergió	emergimos	emergisteis	emergieron
	future	emergeré	emergerás	emergerá	emergeremos	emergeréis	emergerán
	conditional	emergería	emergerías	emergería	emergeríamos	emergeríais	emergerían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	emerja	emerjastú emerjásvos2	emerja	emerjamos	emerjáis	emerjan
	imperfect (ra)	emergiera	emergieras	emergiera	emergiéramos	emergierais	emergieran
	imperfect (se)	emergiese	emergieses	emergiese	emergiésemos	emergieseis	emergiesen
	future1	emergiere	emergieres	emergiere	emergiéremos	emergiereis	emergieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		emergetú emergévos	emerja	emerjamos	emerged	emerjan
	negative		no emerjas	no emerja	no emerjamos	no emerjáis	no emerjan

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of emerger (g-j alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive emerger	dative	emergerme	emergerte	emergerle, emergerse	emergernos	emergeros	emergerles, emergerse
	accusative	emergerme	emergerte	emergerlo, emergerla, emergerse	emergernos	emergeros	emergerlos, emergerlas, emergerse
with gerund emergiendo	dative	emergiéndome	emergiéndote	emergiéndole, emergiéndose	emergiéndonos	emergiéndoos	emergiéndoles, emergiéndose
	accusative	emergiéndome	emergiéndote	emergiéndolo, emergiéndola, emergiéndose	emergiéndonos	emergiéndoos	emergiéndolos, emergiéndolas, emergiéndose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative emerge	dative	emérgeme	emérgete	emérgele	emérgenos	not used	emérgeles
	accusative	emérgeme	emérgete	emérgelo, emérgela	emérgenos	not used	emérgelos, emérgelas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative emergé	dative	emergeme	emergete	emergele	emergenos	not used	emergeles
	accusative	emergeme	emergete	emergelo, emergela	emergenos	not used	emergelos, emergelas
with formal second-person singular imperative emerja	dative	emérjame	not used	emérjale, emérjase	emérjanos	not used	emérjales
	accusative	emérjame	not used	emérjalo, emérjala, emérjase	emérjanos	not used	emérjalos, emérjalas
with first-person plural imperative emerjamos	dative	not used	emerjámoste	emerjámosle	emerjámonos	emerjámoos	emerjámosles
	accusative	not used	emerjámoste	emerjámoslo, emerjámosla	emerjámonos	emerjámoos	emerjámoslos, emerjámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative emerged	dative	emergedme	not used	emergedle	emergednos	emergeos	emergedles
	accusative	emergedme	not used	emergedlo, emergedla	emergednos	emergeos	emergedlos, emergedlas
with formal second-person plural imperative emerjan	dative	emérjanme	not used	emérjanle	emérjannos	not used	emérjanles, emérjanse
	accusative	emérjanme	not used	emérjanlo, emérjanla	emérjannos	not used	emérjanlos, emérjanlas, emérjanse

Related terms

• emergencia

Further reading

• “emerger”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025