deviser
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aɪzə(ɹ)
Noun
deviser (plural devisers)
See also
Anagrams
Cornish
Etymology
Calque of Welsh dyfeisiwr (“inventor”). By surface analysis, devisya + -er.
Noun
deviser m (plural devisoryon)
- (male) inventor
Derived terms
References
- “deviser” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French deviser, from Vulgar Latin *devisāre, a dissimilated form of *divisāre, from Latin dīvīsum, supine of dīvidō (“to divide”). Compare diviser.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /də.vi.ze/
Audio: (file)
Verb
deviser
- (intransitive) to chat (converse familiarly)
- Synonym: converser
- (transitive) to make a quote for a prospective client
Conjugation
Conjugation of deviser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | deviser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | devisant /də.vi.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | devisé /də.vi.ze/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | devise /də.viz/ |
devises /də.viz/ |
devise /də.viz/ |
devisons /də.vi.zɔ̃/ |
devisez /də.vi.ze/ |
devisent /də.viz/ |
| imperfect | devisais /də.vi.zɛ/ |
devisais /də.vi.zɛ/ |
devisait /də.vi.zɛ/ |
devisions /də.vi.zjɔ̃/ |
devisiez /də.vi.zje/ |
devisaient /də.vi.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | devisai /də.vi.ze/ |
devisas /də.vi.za/ |
devisa /də.vi.za/ |
devisâmes /də.vi.zam/ |
devisâtes /də.vi.zat/ |
devisèrent /də.vi.zɛʁ/ | |
| future | deviserai /də.viz.ʁe/ |
deviseras /də.viz.ʁa/ |
devisera /də.viz.ʁa/ |
deviserons /də.viz.ʁɔ̃/ |
deviserez /də.viz.ʁe/ |
deviseront /də.viz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | deviserais /də.viz.ʁɛ/ |
deviserais /də.viz.ʁɛ/ |
deviserait /də.viz.ʁɛ/ |
deviserions /də.vi.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
deviseriez /də.vi.zə.ʁje/ |
deviseraient /də.viz.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 | devise /də.viz/ |
devises /də.viz/ |
devise /də.viz/ |
devisions /də.vi.zjɔ̃/ |
devisiez /də.vi.zje/ |
devisent /də.viz/ |
| imperfect2 | devisasse /də.vi.zas/ |
devisasses /də.vi.zas/ |
devisât /də.vi.za/ |
devisassions /də.vi.za.sjɔ̃/ |
devisassiez /də.vi.za.sje/ |
devisassent /də.vi.zas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | devise /də.viz/ |
— | devisons /də.vi.zɔ̃/ |
devisez /də.vi.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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “deviser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *dēvīsāre < *dīvīsāre, from Latin dīvīsum, supine of dīvidō (“I divide”).
Verb
deviser
- to divide (split into more than one part)
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-st are modified to s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of deviser (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | deviser | avoir devisé | |||||
| gerund | en devisant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | devisant | ||||||
| past participle | devisé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | devis | devises | devise | devisons | devisez | devisent |
| imperfect | devisoie, deviseie, devisoe, deviseve | devisoies, deviseies, devisoes, deviseves | devisoit, deviseit, devisot, deviseve | devisiiens, devisiens | devisiiez, devisiez | devisoient, deviseient, devisoent, devisevent | |
| preterite | devisai | devisas | devisa | devisames | devisastes | deviserent | |
| future | deviserai | deviseras | devisera | deviserons | deviseroiz, devisereiz, deviserez | deviseront | |
| conditional | deviseroie, devisereie | deviseroies, devisereies | deviseroit, devisereit | deviseriiens, deviseriens | deviseriiez, deviseriez | deviseroient, devisereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | devis | devis | devist | devisons | devisez | devisent |
| imperfect | devisasse | devisasses | devisast | devisissons, devisissiens | devisissoiz, devisissez, devisissiez | devisassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | devise | — | devisons | devisez | — | ||
Descendants
Swedish
Noun
deviser
- indefinite plural of devis