blaser
See also: Blaser and blåser
French
Etymology
From Middle Dutch blâsen (“to blow, sound, brag”), from Old Dutch *blāsan, from Proto-West Germanic *blāsan (“to blow”). Cognate with German blasen (“to blow”), English blast.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bla.ze/, /blɑ.ze/
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Verb
blaser
- to blunt, dull
- L’usage des liqueurs fortes lui a blasé le goût.
- The use of strong alcohol has dulled his sense of taste.
Conjugation
Conjugation of blaser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | blaser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | blasant /bla.zɑ̃/ or /blɑ.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | blasé /bla.ze/ or /blɑ.ze/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | blase /blaz/ or /blɑz/ | blases /blaz/ or /blɑz/ | blase /blaz/ or /blɑz/ | blasons /bla.zɔ̃/ or /blɑ.zɔ̃/ | blasez /bla.ze/ or /blɑ.ze/ | blasent /blaz/ or /blɑz/ |
| imperfect | blasais /bla.zɛ/ or /blɑ.zɛ/ | blasais /bla.zɛ/ or /blɑ.zɛ/ | blasait /bla.zɛ/ or /blɑ.zɛ/ | blasions /bla.zjɔ̃/ or /blɑ.zjɔ̃/ | blasiez /bla.zje/ or /blɑ.zje/ | blasaient /bla.zɛ/ or /blɑ.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | blasai /bla.ze/ or /blɑ.ze/ | blasas /bla.za/ or /blɑ.za/ | blasa /bla.za/ or /blɑ.za/ | blasâmes /bla.zam/ or /blɑ.zam/ | blasâtes /bla.zat/ or /blɑ.zat/ | blasèrent /bla.zɛʁ/ or /blɑ.zɛʁ/ | |
| future | blaserai /blaz.ʁe/ or /blɑz.ʁe/ | blaseras /blaz.ʁa/ or /blɑz.ʁa/ | blasera /blaz.ʁa/ or /blɑz.ʁa/ | blaserons /blaz.ʁɔ̃/ or /blɑz.ʁɔ̃/ | blaserez /blaz.ʁe/ or /blɑz.ʁe/ | blaseront /blaz.ʁɔ̃/ or /blɑz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | blaserais /blaz.ʁɛ/ or /blɑz.ʁɛ/ | blaserais /blaz.ʁɛ/ or /blɑz.ʁɛ/ | blaserait /blaz.ʁɛ/ or /blɑz.ʁɛ/ | blaserions /bla.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /blɑ.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ | blaseriez /bla.zə.ʁje/ or /blɑ.zə.ʁje/ | blaseraient /blaz.ʁɛ/ or /blɑz.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 | blase /blaz/ or /blɑz/ | blases /blaz/ or /blɑz/ | blase /blaz/ or /blɑz/ | blasions /bla.zjɔ̃/ or /blɑ.zjɔ̃/ | blasiez /bla.zje/ or /blɑ.zje/ | blasent /blaz/ or /blɑz/ |
| imperfect2 | blasasse /bla.zas/ or /blɑ.zas/ | blasasses /bla.zas/ or /blɑ.zas/ | blasât /bla.za/ or /blɑ.za/ | blasassions /bla.za.sjɔ̃/ or /blɑ.za.sjɔ̃/ | blasassiez /bla.za.sje/ or /blɑ.za.sje/ | blasassent /bla.zas/ or /blɑ.zas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | blase /blaz/ or /blɑz/ | — | blasons /bla.zɔ̃/ or /blɑ.zɔ̃/ | blasez /bla.ze/ or /blɑ.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). | |||||||
Derived terms
- blasé
References
- “blaser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Further reading
- “blaser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- sabler