relaxer
English
Etymology
relax + -er.
Noun
relaxer (plural relaxers)
- Any agent that produces relaxation.
- Music is a good relaxer.
- (cosmetics) A cream or lotion that loosens curls in the hair to aid straightening.
- A person who relaxes.
- 2014, Rusty Gregory, Alan Chasen, Living Wheat-Free For Dummies (page 172)
- Are you a doer or a relaxer? If you said “some of both,” then you're right on track.
- 2014, Rusty Gregory, Alan Chasen, Living Wheat-Free For Dummies (page 172)
Related terms
- relaxant
- relaxation
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin relaxāre, present active infinitive of relaxō. Cognate with Spanish relajar. See also Old French relaisser.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁə.lak.se/
Audio (file)
Verb
relaxer
- (law) to discharge
- (reflexive) to relax
Conjugation
Conjugation of relaxer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | relaxer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | relaxant /ʁə.lak.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | relaxé /ʁə.lak.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | relaxe /ʁə.laks/ | relaxes /ʁə.laks/ | relaxe /ʁə.laks/ | relaxons /ʁə.lak.sɔ̃/ | relaxez /ʁə.lak.se/ | relaxent /ʁə.laks/ |
| imperfect | relaxais /ʁə.lak.sɛ/ | relaxais /ʁə.lak.sɛ/ | relaxait /ʁə.lak.sɛ/ | relaxions /ʁə.lak.sjɔ̃/ | relaxiez /ʁə.lak.sje/ | relaxaient /ʁə.lak.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | relaxai /ʁə.lak.se/ | relaxas /ʁə.lak.sa/ | relaxa /ʁə.lak.sa/ | relaxâmes /ʁə.lak.sam/ | relaxâtes /ʁə.lak.sat/ | relaxèrent /ʁə.lak.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | relaxerai /ʁə.lak.sə.ʁe/ | relaxeras /ʁə.lak.sə.ʁa/ | relaxera /ʁə.lak.sə.ʁa/ | relaxerons /ʁə.lak.sə.ʁɔ̃/ | relaxerez /ʁə.lak.sə.ʁe/ | relaxeront /ʁə.lak.sə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | relaxerais /ʁə.lak.sə.ʁɛ/ | relaxerais /ʁə.lak.sə.ʁɛ/ | relaxerait /ʁə.lak.sə.ʁɛ/ | relaxerions /ʁə.lak.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | relaxeriez /ʁə.lak.sə.ʁje/ | relaxeraient /ʁə.lak.sə.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 | relaxe /ʁə.laks/ | relaxes /ʁə.laks/ | relaxe /ʁə.laks/ | relaxions /ʁə.lak.sjɔ̃/ | relaxiez /ʁə.lak.sje/ | relaxent /ʁə.laks/ |
| imperfect2 | relaxasse /ʁə.lak.sas/ | relaxasses /ʁə.lak.sas/ | relaxât /ʁə.lak.sa/ | relaxassions /ʁə.lak.sa.sjɔ̃/ | relaxassiez /ʁə.lak.sa.sje/ | relaxassent /ʁə.lak.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | relaxe /ʁə.laks/ | — | relaxons /ʁə.lak.sɔ̃/ | relaxez /ʁə.lak.se/ | — | |
| 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). | |||||||
Conjugation of se relaxer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | se relaxer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | se relaxant /sə ʁə.lak.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | relaxé /ʁə.lak.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | me relaxe /mə ʁə.laks/ | te relaxes /tə ʁə.laks/ | se relaxe /sə ʁə.laks/ | nous relaxons /nu ʁə.lak.sɔ̃/ | vous relaxez /vu ʁə.lak.se/ | se relaxent /sə ʁə.laks/ |
| imperfect | me relaxais /mə ʁə.lak.sɛ/ | te relaxais /tə ʁə.lak.sɛ/ | se relaxait /sə ʁə.lak.sɛ/ | nous relaxions /nu ʁə.lak.sjɔ̃/ | vous relaxiez /vu ʁə.lak.sje/ | se relaxaient /sə ʁə.lak.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | me relaxai /mə ʁə.lak.se/ | te relaxas /tə ʁə.lak.sa/ | se relaxa /sə ʁə.lak.sa/ | nous relaxâmes /nu ʁə.lak.sam/ | vous relaxâtes /vu ʁə.lak.sat/ | se relaxèrent /sə ʁə.lak.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | me relaxerai /mə ʁə.lak.sə.ʁe/ | te relaxeras /tə ʁə.lak.sə.ʁa/ | se relaxera /sə ʁə.lak.sə.ʁa/ | nous relaxerons /nu ʁə.lak.sə.ʁɔ̃/ | vous relaxerez /vu ʁə.lak.sə.ʁe/ | se relaxeront /sə ʁə.lak.sə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | me relaxerais /mə ʁə.lak.sə.ʁɛ/ | te relaxerais /tə ʁə.lak.sə.ʁɛ/ | se relaxerait /sə ʁə.lak.sə.ʁɛ/ | nous relaxerions /nu ʁə.lak.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | vous relaxeriez /vu ʁə.lak.sə.ʁje/ | se relaxeraient /sə ʁə.lak.sə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | me relaxe /mə ʁə.laks/ | te relaxes /tə ʁə.laks/ | se relaxe /sə ʁə.laks/ | nous relaxions /nu ʁə.lak.sjɔ̃/ | vous relaxiez /vu ʁə.lak.sje/ | se relaxent /sə ʁə.laks/ |
| imperfect2 | me relaxasse /mə ʁə.lak.sas/ | te relaxasses /tə ʁə.lak.sas/ | se relaxât /sə ʁə.lak.sa/ | nous relaxassions /nu ʁə.lak.sa.sjɔ̃/ | vous relaxassiez /vu ʁə.lak.sa.sje/ | se relaxassent /sə ʁə.lak.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | relaxe-toi /ʁə.laks.twa/ | — | relaxons-nous /ʁə.lak.sɔ̃.nu/ | relaxez-vous /ʁə.lak.se.vu/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + 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). | |||||||
Derived terms
- se relaxer
Related terms
- laisser
Further reading
- “relaxer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
relaxer
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of relaxō
Old French
Verb
relaxer
- Alternative form of relaschier
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of relaxer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | relaxer | avoir relaxé | |||||
| gerund | en relaxant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | relaxant | ||||||
| past participle | relaxé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | relaxe | relaxes | relaxe | relaxons | relaxez | relaxent |
| imperfect | relaxoie, relaxeie, relaxoe, relaxeve | relaxoies, relaxeies, relaxoes, relaxeves | relaxoit, relaxeit, relaxot, relaxeve | relaxiiens, relaxiens | relaxiiez, relaxiez | relaxoient, relaxeient, relaxoent, relaxevent | |
| preterite | relaxai | relaxas | relaxa | relaxames | relaxastes | relaxerent | |
| future | relaxerai | relaxeras | relaxera | relaxerons | relaxeroiz, relaxereiz, relaxerez | relaxeront | |
| conditional | relaxeroie, relaxereie | relaxeroies, relaxereies | relaxeroit, relaxereit | relaxeriiens, relaxeriens | relaxeriiez, relaxeriez | relaxeroient, relaxereient | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses | present | relaxe | relaxes | relaxe | relaxons | relaxez | relaxent |
| imperfect | relaxasse | relaxasses | relaxast | relaxissons, relaxissiens | relaxissoiz, relaxissez, relaxissiez | relaxassent | |
| compound tenses | past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | relaxe | — | relaxons | relaxez | — | ||