disperse

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French disperser, from Latin dispersus, past participle of dispergō (“to scatter abroad, disperse”), from dis- (“apart”) + spargō (“to scatter”); see sparse. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɪˈspɜːs/ (General American) IPA(key): /dɪˈspɝs/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)s Hyphenation: dis‧perse Homophone: disburse === Verb === disperse (third-person singular simple present disperses, present participle dispersing, simple past and past participle dispersed) (transitive, intransitive) To scatter in different directions. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:disperse (transitive, intransitive) To break up and disappear; to dissipate. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:destroy (transitive, intransitive) To disseminate. (physics, transitive, intransitive) To separate rays of light, etc., according to wavelength; to refract. (transitive, intransitive) To distribute throughout. ==== Usage notes ==== Do not confuse with the monetary word disburse, despite the two being near homophones and having a degree of semantic similarity (in which disbursed money may be dispersed among expenses). A mnemonic to help make the difference obvious (which uses a cognate of each word) is that dĭs-burs-ing is taking money out of the purse, whereas dĭ-spers-ing causes something to be sparsely scattered. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== dispersal dispersible dispersion ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === disperse (comparative more disperse, superlative most disperse) Scattered or spread out. ==== Derived terms ==== === Anagrams === Perseids, despiser, perseids, presides == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dis.pɛʁs/ === Verb === disperse inflection of disperser: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Anagrams === perdisse, prédises, prédisse, présides == German == === Pronunciation === === Adjective === disperse inflection of dispers: strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular strong nominative/accusative plural weak nominative all-gender singular weak accusative feminine/neuter singular == Italian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Adjective ==== disperse feminine plural of disperso ==== Participle ==== disperse f pl feminine plural of disperso === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== disperse f pl plural of dispersa === Etymology 3 === ==== Verb ==== disperse third-person singular past historic of disperdere === Anagrams === depressi, perdessi, predisse == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [dɪsˈpɛr.sɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [disˈpɛr.se] === Participle === disperse vocative masculine singular of dispersus === References === “disperse”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “disperse”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “disperse”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Portuguese == === Verb === disperse inflection of dispersar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /disˈpeɾse/ [d̪isˈpeɾ.se] Rhymes: -eɾse Syllabification: dis‧per‧se === Verb === disperse inflection of dispersar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative