infuser

English

Etymology

infuse +‎ -er

Noun

infuser (plural infusers)

1. A device used for preparing infusions

Anagrams

• unfires, unfries

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

infuser

1. to infuse
2. to inject

Conjugation

Conjugation of infuser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	infuser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	infusant /ɛ̃.fy.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		infusé /ɛ̃.fy.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	infuse /ɛ̃.fyz/	infuses /ɛ̃.fyz/	infuse /ɛ̃.fyz/	infusons /ɛ̃.fy.zɔ̃/	infusez /ɛ̃.fy.ze/	infusent /ɛ̃.fyz/
	imperfect	infusais /ɛ̃.fy.zɛ/	infusais /ɛ̃.fy.zɛ/	infusait /ɛ̃.fy.zɛ/	infusions /ɛ̃.fy.zjɔ̃/	infusiez /ɛ̃.fy.zje/	infusaient /ɛ̃.fy.zɛ/
	past historic2	infusai /ɛ̃.fy.ze/	infusas /ɛ̃.fy.za/	infusa /ɛ̃.fy.za/	infusâmes /ɛ̃.fy.zam/	infusâtes /ɛ̃.fy.zat/	infusèrent /ɛ̃.fy.zɛʁ/
	future	infuserai /ɛ̃.fyz.ʁe/	infuseras /ɛ̃.fyz.ʁa/	infusera /ɛ̃.fyz.ʁa/	infuserons /ɛ̃.fyz.ʁɔ̃/	infuserez /ɛ̃.fyz.ʁe/	infuseront /ɛ̃.fyz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	infuserais /ɛ̃.fyz.ʁɛ/	infuserais /ɛ̃.fyz.ʁɛ/	infuserait /ɛ̃.fyz.ʁɛ/	infuserions /ɛ̃.fy.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	infuseriez /ɛ̃.fy.zə.ʁje/	infuseraient /ɛ̃.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	infuse /ɛ̃.fyz/	infuses /ɛ̃.fyz/	infuse /ɛ̃.fyz/	infusions /ɛ̃.fy.zjɔ̃/	infusiez /ɛ̃.fy.zje/	infusent /ɛ̃.fyz/
	imperfect2	infusasse /ɛ̃.fy.zas/	infusasses /ɛ̃.fy.zas/	infusât /ɛ̃.fy.za/	infusassions /ɛ̃.fy.za.sjɔ̃/	infusassiez /ɛ̃.fy.za.sje/	infusassent /ɛ̃.fy.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	infuse /ɛ̃.fyz/	—	infusons /ɛ̃.fy.zɔ̃/	infusez /ɛ̃.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: 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).

Related terms

• infusion

Further reading

• “infuser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.