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Webster 1913 Edition
Doubler
Dou′bler
,Noun.
1.
One who, or that which, doubles.
2.
(Elec.)
An instrument for augmenting a very small quantity of electricity, so as to render it manifest by sparks or the electroscope.
Webster 1828 Edition
Doubler
DOUBLER
,Noun.
1.
He that doubles.2.
An instrument for augmenting a very small quantity of electricity, so as to render it manifest by sparks or the electrometer.Definition 2024
doubler
doubler
English
Noun
doubler (plural doublers)
- One who doubles.
- An instrument for augmenting a very small quantity of electricity, so as to render it manifest by sparks or the electroscope.
- (US, dialect) A tenement house having two families on each floor.
- (colloquial) A biplane aeroplane or kite.
- Part of a distilling apparatus for intercepting the heavier fractions and returning them to be redistilled.
- (calico printing) A blanket or felt placed between the fabric and the printing table or cylinder.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Old French dobler, from Late Latin dūplāre, present active infinitive of dūplō, from Latin dūplus. Compare Spanish and Catalan doblar, Portuguese dobrar, Italian doppiare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [duble]
Verb
doubler
- to double, duplicate
- A cet instant précis, il a décidé de doubler la mise.
- to double-cross
- Nous avons été doublé ce coup-ci.
- to overtake, pass
- Sur l'autoroute, nous avons eu l'occasion de doubler de nombreux véhicules.
- to dub
- Daniel Beretta qui double Arnold Schwarzenegger en français depuis 1987 a également prêté sa voix à l'agent Sam Fisher.
Conjugation
Conjugation of doubler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | doubler | avoir doublé | |||||
| gerund | en doublant | en ayant doublé | |||||
| present participle | doublant /du.blɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | doublé /du.ble/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | double /dubl/ |
doubles /dubl/ |
double /dubl/ |
doublons /du.blɔ̃/ |
doublez /du.ble/ |
doublent /dubl/ |
| imperfect | doublais /du.blɛ/ |
doublais /du.blɛ/ |
doublait /du.blɛ/ |
doublions /du.bli.jɔ̃/ |
doubliez /du.bli.je/ |
doublaient /du.blɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | doublai /du.ble/ |
doublas /du.bla/ |
doubla /du.bla/ |
doublâmes /du.blam/ |
doublâtes /du.blat/ |
doublèrent /du.blɛʁ/ |
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| future | doublerai /du.blə.ʁe/ |
doubleras /du.blə.ʁa/ |
doublera /du.blə.ʁa/ |
doublerons /du.blə.ʁɔ̃/ |
doublerez /du.blə.ʁe/ |
doubleront /du.blə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | doublerais /du.blə.ʁɛ/ |
doublerais /du.blə.ʁɛ/ |
doublerait /du.blə.ʁɛ/ |
doublerions /du.blə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
doubleriez /du.blə.ʁje/ |
doubleraient /du.blə.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | double /dubl/ |
doubles /dubl/ |
double /dubl/ |
doublions /du.bli.jɔ̃/ |
doubliez /du.bli.je/ |
doublent /dubl/ |
| imperfect1 |
doublasse /du.blas/ |
doublasses /du.blas/ |
doublât /du.bla/ |
doublassions /du.bla.sjɔ̃/ |
doublassiez /du.bla.sje/ |
doublassent /du.blas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | double /dubl/ |
— | doublons /du.blɔ̃/ |
doublez /du.ble/ |
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