diffuser
English
Noun
diffuser (plural diffusers)
- Any person or thing that diffuses.
- A device designed to diffuse a scent efficiently.
- (optics) Any device that or spreads out or scatters light, making the light appear softer.
- (automotive) A shaped section of a car's underbody which improves the car's aerodynamic properties.
- (thermodynamics) A mechanical device that is designed to control the characteristics of a fluid at the entrance to a thermodynamic open system.
- (sewage treatment) An aerating device consisting of a membrane with fine pores, through which air is blown to generate small bubbles.
- (cooking) A cooking item that can be placed above a stove heating element or burner to separate the cooking utensil from the heat source.
- A hairdryer attachment that diffuses the flow of air.
French
Etymology
From diffus.
Pronunciation
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Conjugation
Conjugation of diffuser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| present participle | diffusant /di.fy.zɑ̃/ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | diffusé /di.fy.ze/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | diffuser | ||||||
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | diffusant /di.fy.zɑ̃/ | ||||||
| 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 | diffuse /di.fyz/ |
diffuses /di.fyz/ |
diffuse /di.fyz/ |
diffusons /di.fy.zɔ̃/ |
diffusez /di.fy.ze/ |
diffusent /di.fyz/ |
| imperfect | diffusais /di.fy.zɛ/ |
diffusais /di.fy.zɛ/ |
diffusait /di.fy.zɛ/ |
diffusions /di.fy.zjɔ̃/ |
diffusiez /di.fy.zje/ |
diffusaient /di.fy.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | diffusai /di.fy.ze/ |
diffusas /di.fy.za/ |
diffusa /di.fy.za/ |
diffusâmes /di.fy.zam/ |
diffusâtes /di.fy.zat/ |
diffusèrent /di.fy.zɛʁ/ | |
| future | diffuserai /di.fyz.ʁe/ |
diffuseras /di.fyz.ʁa/ |
diffusera /di.fyz.ʁa/ |
diffuserons /di.fyz.ʁɔ̃/ |
diffuserez /di.fyz.ʁe/ |
diffuseront /di.fyz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | diffuserais /di.fyz.ʁɛ/ |
diffuserais /di.fyz.ʁɛ/ |
diffuserait /di.fyz.ʁɛ/ |
diffuserions /di.fy.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
diffuseriez /di.fy.zə.ʁje/ |
diffuseraient /di.fyz.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 | diffuse /di.fyz/ |
diffuses /di.fyz/ |
diffuse /di.fyz/ |
diffusions /di.fy.zjɔ̃/ |
diffusiez /di.fy.zje/ |
diffusent /di.fyz/ |
| imperfect2 | diffusasse /di.fy.zas/ |
diffusasses /di.fy.zas/ |
diffusât /di.fy.za/ |
diffusassions /di.fy.za.sjɔ̃/ |
diffusassiez /di.fy.za.sje/ |
diffusassent /di.fy.zas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | diffuse /di.fyz/ |
— | diffusons /di.fy.zɔ̃/ |
diffusez /di.fy.ze/ |
— | |
| 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
- “diffuser” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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