dissembler

English

Etymology

A modification of earlier dissimuler (from Middle English dissimulour) after resemble and semblance; equivalent to dissemble +‎ -er.

Noun

dissembler (plural dissemblers)

  1. Someone who dissembles.
    Synonyms: hypocrite, phony, pretender; see also Thesaurus:deceiver
    • 2021 October 26, Peter Baker, “The Case Against Winston Churchill”, in The New York Times‎, ISSN 0362-4331:
      Churchill, in this telling, was not just a racist but a hypocrite, a dissembler, a narcissist, an opportunist, an imperialist, a drunk, a strategic bungler, a tax dodger, a neglectful father, a credit-hogging author, a terrible judge of character and, most of all, a masterful mythmaker.

Translations

French

Etymology

dis- +‎ sembler

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /di.sɑ̃.ble/
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Verb

dissembler

  1. (transitive, rare) to differ, to be unlike

Conjugation
Conjugation of dissembler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple dissembler
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple dissemblant
/di.sɑ̃.blɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle dissemblé
/di.sɑ̃.ble/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present dissemble
/di.sɑ̃bl/		 dissembles
/di.sɑ̃bl/		 dissemble
/di.sɑ̃bl/		 dissemblons
/di.sɑ̃.blɔ̃/		 dissemblez
/di.sɑ̃.ble/		 dissemblent
/di.sɑ̃bl/
imperfect dissemblais
/di.sɑ̃.blɛ/		 dissemblais
/di.sɑ̃.blɛ/		 dissemblait
/di.sɑ̃.blɛ/		 dissemblions
/di.sɑ̃.bli.jɔ̃/		 dissembliez
/di.sɑ̃.bli.je/		 dissemblaient
/di.sɑ̃.blɛ/
past historic2 dissemblai
/di.sɑ̃.ble/		 dissemblas
/di.sɑ̃.bla/		 dissembla
/di.sɑ̃.bla/		 dissemblâmes
/di.sɑ̃.blam/		 dissemblâtes
/di.sɑ̃.blat/		 dissemblèrent
/di.sɑ̃.blɛʁ/
future dissemblerai
/di.sɑ̃.blə.ʁe/		 dissembleras
/di.sɑ̃.blə.ʁa/		 dissemblera
/di.sɑ̃.blə.ʁa/		 dissemblerons
/di.sɑ̃.blə.ʁɔ̃/		 dissemblerez
/di.sɑ̃.blə.ʁe/		 dissembleront
/di.sɑ̃.blə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional dissemblerais
/di.sɑ̃.blə.ʁɛ/		 dissemblerais
/di.sɑ̃.blə.ʁɛ/		 dissemblerait
/di.sɑ̃.blə.ʁɛ/		 dissemblerions
/di.sɑ̃.blə.ʁjɔ̃/		 dissembleriez
/di.sɑ̃.blə.ʁje/		 dissembleraient
/di.sɑ̃.blə.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 dissemble
/di.sɑ̃bl/		 dissembles
/di.sɑ̃bl/		 dissemble
/di.sɑ̃bl/		 dissemblions
/di.sɑ̃.bli.jɔ̃/		 dissembliez
/di.sɑ̃.bli.je/		 dissemblent
/di.sɑ̃bl/
imperfect2 dissemblasse
/di.sɑ̃.blas/		 dissemblasses
/di.sɑ̃.blas/		 dissemblât
/di.sɑ̃.bla/		 dissemblassions
/di.sɑ̃.bla.sjɔ̃/		 dissemblassiez
/di.sɑ̃.bla.sje/		 dissemblassent
/di.sɑ̃.blas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — dissemble
/di.sɑ̃bl/		 — dissemblons
/di.sɑ̃.blɔ̃/		 dissemblez
/di.sɑ̃.ble/		 —
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).

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