asperger
See also: Asperger
English
Noun
asperger (plural aspergers)
- A ceremonial herb bundle or perforated object used to sprinkle witch's water at the commencement of a ritual
Anagrams
- presager
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin aspergere, aspergō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /as.pɛʁ.ʒe/
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Verb
asperger
- to spray, sprinkle
- to splash, splatter
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written asperge- 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 asperger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | asperger | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | aspergeant /as.pɛʁ.ʒɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | aspergé /as.pɛʁ.ʒe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | asperge /as.pɛʁʒ/ | asperges /as.pɛʁʒ/ | asperge /as.pɛʁʒ/ | aspergeons /as.pɛʁ.ʒɔ̃/ | aspergez /as.pɛʁ.ʒe/ | aspergent /as.pɛʁʒ/ |
imperfect | aspergeais /as.pɛʁ.ʒɛ/ | aspergeais /as.pɛʁ.ʒɛ/ | aspergeait /as.pɛʁ.ʒɛ/ | aspergions /as.pɛʁ.ʒjɔ̃/ | aspergiez /as.pɛʁ.ʒje/ | aspergeaient /as.pɛʁ.ʒɛ/ | |
past historic2 | aspergeai /as.pɛʁ.ʒe/ | aspergeas /as.pɛʁ.ʒa/ | aspergea /as.pɛʁ.ʒa/ | aspergeâmes /as.pɛʁ.ʒam/ | aspergeâtes /as.pɛʁ.ʒat/ | aspergèrent /as.pɛʁ.ʒɛʁ/ | |
future | aspergerai /as.pɛʁ.ʒə.ʁe/ | aspergeras /as.pɛʁ.ʒə.ʁa/ | aspergera /as.pɛʁ.ʒə.ʁa/ | aspergerons /as.pɛʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ̃/ | aspergerez /as.pɛʁ.ʒə.ʁe/ | aspergeront /as.pɛʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | aspergerais /as.pɛʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ | aspergerais /as.pɛʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ | aspergerait /as.pɛʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ | aspergerions /as.pɛʁ.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ | aspergeriez /as.pɛʁ.ʒə.ʁje/ | aspergeraient /as.pɛʁ.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 | asperge /as.pɛʁʒ/ | asperges /as.pɛʁʒ/ | asperge /as.pɛʁʒ/ | aspergions /as.pɛʁ.ʒjɔ̃/ | aspergiez /as.pɛʁ.ʒje/ | aspergent /as.pɛʁʒ/ |
imperfect2 | aspergeasse /as.pɛʁ.ʒas/ | aspergeasses /as.pɛʁ.ʒas/ | aspergeât /as.pɛʁ.ʒa/ | aspergeassions /as.pɛʁ.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ | aspergeassiez /as.pɛʁ.ʒa.sje/ | aspergeassent /as.pɛʁ.ʒas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | asperge /as.pɛʁʒ/ | — | aspergeons /as.pɛʁ.ʒɔ̃/ | aspergez /as.pɛʁ.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Further reading
- “asperger”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.