condenser

English

Etymology

condense +‎ -er

Noun

condenser (plural condensers)

  1. A device designed to condense a gas into a liquid, either as part of a still, steam engine, refrigerator or similar machine.
  2. (electronics) A capacitor.
  3. (optics) A lens (or combination of lenses) designed to gather light and focus it onto a specimen or part of a mechanism.
  4. A dental instrument used to pack filling into a cavity in a tooth.

Translations
capacitor — see capacitor

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin condēnsō, condēnsāre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.dɑ̃.se/

Verb

condenser

  1. (transitive) to condense
  2. (transitive) to compress
  3. (transitive) to concentrate

Conjugation
Conjugation of condenser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle condensant
/kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sɑ̃/
past participle condensé
/kɔ̃.dɑ̃.se/
infinitive
simple condenser
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple condensant
/kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present condense
/kɔ̃.dɑ̃s/		 condenses
/kɔ̃.dɑ̃s/		 condense
/kɔ̃.dɑ̃s/		 condensons
/kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sɔ̃/		 condensez
/kɔ̃.dɑ̃.se/		 condensent
/kɔ̃.dɑ̃s/
imperfect condensais
/kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sɛ/		 condensais
/kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sɛ/		 condensait
/kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sɛ/		 condensions
/kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sjɔ̃/		 condensiez
/kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sje/		 condensaient
/kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sɛ/
past historic2 condensai
/kɔ̃.dɑ̃.se/		 condensas
/kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sa/		 condensa
/kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sa/		 condensâmes
/kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sam/		 condensâtes
/kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sat/		 condensèrent
/kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sɛʁ/
future condenserai
/kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sʁe/		 condenseras
/kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sʁa/		 condensera
/kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sʁa/		 condenserons
/kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/		 condenserez
/kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sʁe/		 condenseront
/kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/
conditional condenserais
/kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sʁɛ/		 condenserais
/kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sʁɛ/		 condenserait
/kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sʁɛ/		 condenserions
/kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/		 condenseriez
/kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sə.ʁje/		 condenseraient
/kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sʁɛ/
(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 condense
/kɔ̃.dɑ̃s/		 condenses
/kɔ̃.dɑ̃s/		 condense
/kɔ̃.dɑ̃s/		 condensions
/kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sjɔ̃/		 condensiez
/kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sje/		 condensent
/kɔ̃.dɑ̃s/
imperfect2 condensasse
/kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sas/		 condensasses
/kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sas/		 condensât
/kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sa/		 condensassions
/kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/		 condensassiez
/kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sa.sje/		 condensassent
/kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — condense
/kɔ̃.dɑ̃s/		 — condensons
/kɔ̃.dɑ̃.sɔ̃/		 condensez
/kɔ̃.dɑ̃.se/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

Latin

Verb

condēnser

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of condēnsō
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