phraser
English
Etymology
From phrase + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɹeɪzə(ɹ)/
- Rhymes: -eɪzə(ɹ)
Noun
phraser (plural phrasers)
- (rare) One who phrases something.
Related terms
- rephraser
Anagrams
- Sharper, harpers, sharper
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fʁa.ze/, /fʁɑ.ze/
Audio (file)
Verb
phraser
- to phrase
- (music) to phrase
Conjugation
Conjugation of phraser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | phraser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | phrasant /fʁa.zɑ̃/ or /fʁɑ.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | phrasé /fʁa.ze/ or /fʁɑ.ze/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | phrase /fʁaz/ or /fʁɑz/ | phrases /fʁaz/ or /fʁɑz/ | phrase /fʁaz/ or /fʁɑz/ | phrasons /fʁa.zɔ̃/ or /fʁɑ.zɔ̃/ | phrasez /fʁa.ze/ or /fʁɑ.ze/ | phrasent /fʁaz/ or /fʁɑz/ |
| imperfect | phrasais /fʁa.zɛ/ or /fʁɑ.zɛ/ | phrasais /fʁa.zɛ/ or /fʁɑ.zɛ/ | phrasait /fʁa.zɛ/ or /fʁɑ.zɛ/ | phrasions /fʁa.zjɔ̃/ or /fʁɑ.zjɔ̃/ | phrasiez /fʁa.zje/ or /fʁɑ.zje/ | phrasaient /fʁa.zɛ/ or /fʁɑ.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | phrasai /fʁa.ze/ or /fʁɑ.ze/ | phrasas /fʁa.za/ or /fʁɑ.za/ | phrasa /fʁa.za/ or /fʁɑ.za/ | phrasâmes /fʁa.zam/ or /fʁɑ.zam/ | phrasâtes /fʁa.zat/ or /fʁɑ.zat/ | phrasèrent /fʁa.zɛʁ/ or /fʁɑ.zɛʁ/ | |
| future | phraserai /fʁaz.ʁe/ or /fʁɑz.ʁe/ | phraseras /fʁaz.ʁa/ or /fʁɑz.ʁa/ | phrasera /fʁaz.ʁa/ or /fʁɑz.ʁa/ | phraserons /fʁaz.ʁɔ̃/ or /fʁɑz.ʁɔ̃/ | phraserez /fʁaz.ʁe/ or /fʁɑz.ʁe/ | phraseront /fʁaz.ʁɔ̃/ or /fʁɑz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | phraserais /fʁaz.ʁɛ/ or /fʁɑz.ʁɛ/ | phraserais /fʁaz.ʁɛ/ or /fʁɑz.ʁɛ/ | phraserait /fʁaz.ʁɛ/ or /fʁɑz.ʁɛ/ | phraserions /fʁa.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /fʁɑ.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ | phraseriez /fʁa.zə.ʁje/ or /fʁɑ.zə.ʁje/ | phraseraient /fʁaz.ʁɛ/ or /fʁɑz.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 | phrase /fʁaz/ or /fʁɑz/ | phrases /fʁaz/ or /fʁɑz/ | phrase /fʁaz/ or /fʁɑz/ | phrasions /fʁa.zjɔ̃/ or /fʁɑ.zjɔ̃/ | phrasiez /fʁa.zje/ or /fʁɑ.zje/ | phrasent /fʁaz/ or /fʁɑz/ |
| imperfect2 | phrasasse /fʁa.zas/ or /fʁɑ.zas/ | phrasasses /fʁa.zas/ or /fʁɑ.zas/ | phrasât /fʁa.za/ or /fʁɑ.za/ | phrasassions /fʁa.za.sjɔ̃/ or /fʁɑ.za.sjɔ̃/ | phrasassiez /fʁa.za.sje/ or /fʁɑ.za.sje/ | phrasassent /fʁa.zas/ or /fʁɑ.zas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | phrase /fʁaz/ or /fʁɑz/ | — | phrasons /fʁa.zɔ̃/ or /fʁɑ.zɔ̃/ | phrasez /fʁa.ze/ or /fʁɑ.ze/ | — | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “phraser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.