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emerger

emerger

See also: émerger

English

Noun

emerger (plural emergers)

  1. (fishing) The form of an aquatic insect that is hatching or emerging; used in fly fishing.

Middle French

Etymology

First known attestation 1476[1], borrowing from Latin emergō.

Verb

emerger

  1. to emerge; to come out of; to rise out of

Conjugation

  • As parler except an extra e is inserted after the final g before a and o.
  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Descendants

References

  1. (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (emerger, supplement)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin emergo, emergere.

Verb

emerger (first-person singular present emerjo, first-person singular preterite emergí, past participle emergido)

  1. to emerge

Conjugation

  • Rule: g becomes a j before a or o.

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