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===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{a|[[w:Received Pronunciation|RP]]}} {{IPA|/ˈdɹɒp.ə/|lang=en}}
* {{a|[[w:Received Pronunciation|RP]]}} {{IPA|en|/ˈdɹɒp.ə/}}
* {{a|[[w:Australian English phonology|AusE]]}} {{IPA|/ˈdɹɔp.ə/|lang=en}}
* {{a|[[w:Australian English phonology|AusE]]}} {{IPA|en|/ˈdɹɔp.ə/}}
* {{a|[[w:General American|GenAm]]}} {{IPA|/ˈdɹɑ.pɚ/|lang=en}}
* {{a|[[w:General American|GenAm]]}} {{IPA|en|/ˈdɹɑ.pɚ/}}
* {{rhymes|ɒpə(r)|lang=en}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɒpə(r)}}


===Noun===
===Noun===

Revision as of 02:10, 5 October 2019

English

Etymology

From drop +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɒpə(r)

Noun

dropper (plural droppers)

  1. A utensil for dispensing a single drop of liquid at a time.
    • 1964 : Heroin by The Velvet Underground
      'Cause when the blood begins to flow
      When it shoots up the dropper's neck
  2. One who drops something, especially one who drops a specific item to cause mischief.
    The dropper left the suitcase with the bomb next to the garbage can.
    • 1975, Alison M. Abel, Popular party games (page 11)
      The child with the letter runs around the outside of the ring, repeating the words over and over again, and at one point drops the letter behind one of the players, who must pick it up and chase the dropper.
  3. (computing) A software component designed to install malware on a target system.
  4. (fishing) A fly that drops from the leaden above the bob or end fly.
  5. (mining) A branch vein which drops off from, or leaves, the main lode.
  6. A dog which suddenly drops upon the ground when it sights game.

Translations

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English drop + -er (verbal infinitive suffix).

Pronunciation

Verb

dropper

  1. (transitive, golf) to drop (a golf ball in a position other than it has landed)
  2. (transitive, colloquial) to drop (to forget, cease talking about)

Conjugation

Conjugation of dropper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple dropper
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple droppant
/dʁɔ.pɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle droppé
/dʁɔ.pe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present droppe
/dʁɔp/ 		droppes
/dʁɔp/ 		droppe
/dʁɔp/ 		droppons
/dʁɔ.pɔ̃/ 		droppez
/dʁɔ.pe/ 		droppent
/dʁɔp/
imperfect droppais
/dʁɔ.pɛ/ 		droppais
/dʁɔ.pɛ/ 		droppait
/dʁɔ.pɛ/ 		droppions
/dʁɔ.pjɔ̃/ 		droppiez
/dʁɔ.pje/ 		droppaient
/dʁɔ.pɛ/
past historic2 droppai
/dʁɔ.pe/ 		droppas
/dʁɔ.pa/ 		droppa
/dʁɔ.pa/ 		droppâmes
/dʁɔ.pam/ 		droppâtes
/dʁɔ.pat/ 		droppèrent
/dʁɔ.pɛʁ/
future dropperai
/dʁɔ.pʁe/ 		dropperas
/dʁɔ.pʁa/ 		droppera
/dʁɔ.pʁa/ 		dropperons
/dʁɔ.pʁɔ̃/ 		dropperez
/dʁɔ.pʁe/ 		dropperont
/dʁɔ.pʁɔ̃/
conditional dropperais
/dʁɔ.pʁɛ/ 		dropperais
/dʁɔ.pʁɛ/ 		dropperait
/dʁɔ.pʁɛ/ 		dropperions
/dʁɔ.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		dropperiez
/dʁɔ.pə.ʁje/ 		dropperaient
/dʁɔ.pʁɛ/
(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 droppe
/dʁɔp/ 		droppes
/dʁɔp/ 		droppe
/dʁɔp/ 		droppions
/dʁɔ.pjɔ̃/ 		droppiez
/dʁɔ.pje/ 		droppent
/dʁɔp/
imperfect2 droppasse
/dʁɔ.pas/ 		droppasses
/dʁɔ.pas/ 		droppât
/dʁɔ.pa/ 		droppassions
/dʁɔ.pa.sjɔ̃/ 		droppassiez
/dʁɔ.pa.sje/ 		droppassent
/dʁɔ.pas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — droppe
/dʁɔp/ 		— droppons
/dʁɔ.pɔ̃/ 		droppez
/dʁɔ.pe/ 		—
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

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

dropper

  1. present tense of droppe
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