asperger

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English

Noun

asperger (plural aspergers)

  1. A ceremonial herb bundle or perforated object used to sprinkle witch's water at the commencement of a ritual

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French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin aspergō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /as.pɛʁ.ʒe/
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Verb

asperger

  1. to spray, sprinkle
  2. 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
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 – tu – nous vous –
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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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