asperger

See also: Asperger

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

Anagrams

• presager

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin aspergō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /as.pɛʁ.ʒe/

• Audio:

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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 [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.