different between improvise vs improviser

English

Etymology

From French improviser. Ultimately from Latin improvisus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??mp??va?z/

Verb

improvise (third-person singular simple present improvises, present participle improvising, simple past and past participle improvised)

1. To make something up or invent it as one goes on; to proceed guided only by imagination, instinct, and guesswork rather than by a careful plan.

   He had no speech prepared, so he improvised.

   They improvised a simple shelter with branches and the rope they were carrying.

   She improvised a lovely solo.

Synonyms

• fly by the seat of one's pants, play by ear, punt, think on one's feet, wing it

Derived terms

• improvisation
• improvisational
• improvisatory

Translations

See also

• extemporaneous
• impromptu
• off the cuff

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.p??.viz/

Verb

improvise

1. first-person singular present indicative of improviser
2. third-person singular present indicative of improviser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of improviser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of improviser
5. second-person singular imperative of improviser

Galician

Verb

improvise

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of improvisar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of improvisar

Latin

Adjective

impr?v?se

1. vocative masculine singular of impr?v?sus

References

• improvise in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• improvise in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Verb

improvise

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of improvisar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of improvisar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of improvisar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of improvisar

Spanish

Verb

improvise

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of improvisar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of improvisar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of improvisar.

English

Etymology

improvise +? -er

Noun

improviser (plural improvisers)

1. One who improvises.

Translations

References

• improviser in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• improviser in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

French

Etymology

From Italian improvvisare

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.p??.vi.ze/

Verb

improviser

1. to improvise

Conjugation

Further reading

• “improviser” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

improviser

1. imperative of improvisere