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Bridger
bridger
bridger
See also: Bridger
English
Noun
bridger (plural bridgers)
- One who bridges, or connects two previously separate things.
- 2002, James R. Delisle, Barefoot Irreverence (page 178)
- In either arrangement, the teacher reserves personal judgment and acts more as a bridger of student ideas or as an encourager of reluctant participants (vocal participation, though, should always be the student's prerogative).
- 2002, James R. Delisle, Barefoot Irreverence (page 178)
French
Etymology
From English.
Verb
bridger
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written bridge- 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 bridger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | bridger | avoir bridgé | |||||
| gerund | en bridgeant | en ayant bridgé | |||||
| present participle | bridgeant /bʁi.dʒɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | bridgé /bʁi.dʒe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | bridge /bʁidʒ/ |
bridges /bʁidʒ/ |
bridge /bʁidʒ/ |
bridgeons /bʁi.dʒɔ̃/ |
bridgez /bʁi.dʒe/ |
bridgent /bʁidʒ/ |
| imperfect | bridgeais /bʁi.dʒɛ/ |
bridgeais /bʁi.dʒɛ/ |
bridgeait /bʁi.dʒɛ/ |
bridgions /bʁidʒ.jɔ̃/ |
bridgiez /bʁidʒ.je/ |
bridgeaient /bʁi.dʒɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | bridgeai /bʁi.dʒe/ |
bridgeas /bʁi.dʒa/ |
bridgea /bʁi.dʒa/ |
bridgeâmes /bʁi.dʒam/ |
bridgeâtes /bʁi.dʒat/ |
bridgèrent /bʁi.dʒɛʁ/ |
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| future | bridgerai /bʁi.dʒə.ʁe/ |
bridgeras /bʁi.dʒə.ʁa/ |
bridgera /bʁi.dʒə.ʁa/ |
bridgerons /bʁi.dʒə.ʁɔ̃/ |
bridgerez /bʁi.dʒə.ʁe/ |
bridgeront /bʁi.dʒə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | bridgerais /bʁi.dʒə.ʁɛ/ |
bridgerais /bʁi.dʒə.ʁɛ/ |
bridgerait /bʁi.dʒə.ʁɛ/ |
bridgerions /bʁi.dʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
bridgeriez /bʁi.dʒə.ʁje/ |
bridgeraient /bʁi.dʒə.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 | bridge /bʁidʒ/ |
bridges /bʁidʒ/ |
bridge /bʁidʒ/ |
bridgions /bʁidʒ.jɔ̃/ |
bridgiez /bʁidʒ.je/ |
bridgent /bʁidʒ/ |
| imperfect1 |
bridgeasse /bʁi.dʒas/ |
bridgeasses /bʁi.dʒas/ |
bridgeât /bʁi.dʒa/ |
bridgeassions /bʁi.dʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
bridgeassiez /bʁi.dʒa.sje/ |
bridgeassent /bʁi.dʒas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | bridge /bʁidʒ/ |
— | bridgeons /bʁi.dʒɔ̃/ |
bridgez /bʁi.dʒe/ |
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