diffuser
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English
[edit ]Etymology 1
[edit ]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
[edit ]Adjective
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- comparative form of diffuse : more diffuse
Etymology 2
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Pronunciation
[edit ]Noun
[edit ]diffuser (plural diffusers )
- Any person or thing that diffuses.
- A device designed to diffuse a scent efficiently.
- Synonym: aroma lamp
- 2009 February 28, Rita Zekas, "DecoRita visits West Elm", in Toronto Star[1] :
- They are in the under-20ドル section, which includes a display of scented candles and diffusers.
- (optics ) Any device that or spreads out or scatters light, making the light appear softer.
- 2008 January 24, "In a Town Known for Light, a House With Very Little", in New York Times[2] :
- Along the sofa every three and a half feet, fluorescent tubes glow through translucent plastic diffusers.
- (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.
Derived terms
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[edit ]Further reading
[edit ]French
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]From diffus .
Pronunciation
[edit ]Verb
[edit ]diffuser
- to diffuse
- to broadcast
- La baladodiffusion est ainsi utilisée comme outil à potentiel cognitif, parce qu'elle permet, relativement facilement, de diffuser un contenu audio ou vidéo qui peut, par la suite, être écouté ou vu à tout moment par l'apprenant. Par ailleurs, les responsables du projet rappellent que les étudiants l'utilisent également pour écouter des balados de chroniques audio comme celles de The New England Journal of Medicine, une des plus importantes revues en médecine au monde.
- Therefore, podcasting is used as a tool for cognitive potential, because it allows for the relatively easy distribution of audio or video content, which, as a result, can be listened to or watched at any moment by the learner. Furthermore, the project managers remark that the students also use it to listen to audio podcast series, such as those of The New England Journal of Medicine, one of the most important medicine journals on Earth.
Conjugation
[edit ]Conjugation of diffuser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | diffuser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | diffusant /di.fy.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | diffusé /di.fy.ze/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | 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 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). | |||||||
Hyponyms
[edit ]Further reading
[edit ]- "diffuser", in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
German
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