perturber

English

Etymology

perturb +‎ -er

Noun

perturber (plural perturbers)

  1. One who or that which perturbs.
    • 1836, George Payne Rainsford James, Lives of the Most Eminent Foreign Statesmen:
      The queen forgot the dignity of her station and the softness of her sex, and, in language more fit for the markets than the court, called him rogue, and traitor, and perturber of the public peace; […]
  2. (physics) A source of perturbation.
    This moon is a significant perturber.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin perturbāre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pɛʁ.tyʁ.be/
  • perturber(file)

Verb

perturber

  1. (transitive) to disrupt, to disturb
  2. (transitive) to throw off, to fluster

Conjugation
Conjugation of perturber (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple perturber
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple perturbant
/pɛʁ.tyʁ.bɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle perturbé
/pɛʁ.tyʁ.be/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present perturbe
/pɛʁ.tyʁb/		 perturbes
/pɛʁ.tyʁb/		 perturbe
/pɛʁ.tyʁb/		 perturbons
/pɛʁ.tyʁ.bɔ̃/		 perturbez
/pɛʁ.tyʁ.be/		 perturbent
/pɛʁ.tyʁb/
imperfect perturbais
/pɛʁ.tyʁ.bɛ/		 perturbais
/pɛʁ.tyʁ.bɛ/		 perturbait
/pɛʁ.tyʁ.bɛ/		 perturbions
/pɛʁ.tyʁ.bjɔ̃/		 perturbiez
/pɛʁ.tyʁ.bje/		 perturbaient
/pɛʁ.tyʁ.bɛ/
past historic2 perturbai
/pɛʁ.tyʁ.be/		 perturbas
/pɛʁ.tyʁ.ba/		 perturba
/pɛʁ.tyʁ.ba/		 perturbâmes
/pɛʁ.tyʁ.bam/		 perturbâtes
/pɛʁ.tyʁ.bat/		 perturbèrent
/pɛʁ.tyʁ.bɛʁ/
future perturberai
/pɛʁ.tyʁ.bə.ʁe/		 perturberas
/pɛʁ.tyʁ.bə.ʁa/		 perturbera
/pɛʁ.tyʁ.bə.ʁa/		 perturberons
/pɛʁ.tyʁ.bə.ʁɔ̃/		 perturberez
/pɛʁ.tyʁ.bə.ʁe/		 perturberont
/pɛʁ.tyʁ.bə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional perturberais
/pɛʁ.tyʁ.bə.ʁɛ/		 perturberais
/pɛʁ.tyʁ.bə.ʁɛ/		 perturberait
/pɛʁ.tyʁ.bə.ʁɛ/		 perturberions
/pɛʁ.tyʁ.bə.ʁjɔ̃/		 perturberiez
/pɛʁ.tyʁ.bə.ʁje/		 perturberaient
/pɛʁ.tyʁ.bə.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 perturbe
/pɛʁ.tyʁb/		 perturbes
/pɛʁ.tyʁb/		 perturbe
/pɛʁ.tyʁb/		 perturbions
/pɛʁ.tyʁ.bjɔ̃/		 perturbiez
/pɛʁ.tyʁ.bje/		 perturbent
/pɛʁ.tyʁb/
imperfect2 perturbasse
/pɛʁ.tyʁ.bas/		 perturbasses
/pɛʁ.tyʁ.bas/		 perturbât
/pɛʁ.tyʁ.ba/		 perturbassions
/pɛʁ.tyʁ.ba.sjɔ̃/		 perturbassiez
/pɛʁ.tyʁ.ba.sje/		 perturbassent
/pɛʁ.tyʁ.bas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — perturbe
/pɛʁ.tyʁb/		 — perturbons
/pɛʁ.tyʁ.bɔ̃/		 perturbez
/pɛʁ.tyʁ.be/		 —
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

Latin

Verb

perturber

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of perturbō
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