braser
French
Etymology
From Middle French braser, from Old French braser (“to burn”), either from a variant of Old French brese (“live coals”), of Germanic origin; or more likely from Old Norse brasa (“to braze, harden with fire”), from the same Proto-Germanic origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʁa.ze/, /bʁɑ.ze/
- Homophones: brasai, brasé, brasée, brasées, brasés, brasez
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Verb
braser
- (transitive) to weld or braze
- Synonym: souder
Conjugation
Conjugation of braser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | braser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | brasant /bʁa.zɑ̃/ or /bʁɑ.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | brasé /bʁa.ze/ or /bʁɑ.ze/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | brase /bʁaz/ or /bʁɑz/ | brases /bʁaz/ or /bʁɑz/ | brase /bʁaz/ or /bʁɑz/ | brasons /bʁa.zɔ̃/ or /bʁɑ.zɔ̃/ | brasez /bʁa.ze/ or /bʁɑ.ze/ | brasent /bʁaz/ or /bʁɑz/ |
| imperfect | brasais /bʁa.zɛ/ or /bʁɑ.zɛ/ | brasais /bʁa.zɛ/ or /bʁɑ.zɛ/ | brasait /bʁa.zɛ/ or /bʁɑ.zɛ/ | brasions /bʁa.zjɔ̃/ or /bʁɑ.zjɔ̃/ | brasiez /bʁa.zje/ or /bʁɑ.zje/ | brasaient /bʁa.zɛ/ or /bʁɑ.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | brasai /bʁa.ze/ or /bʁɑ.ze/ | brasas /bʁa.za/ or /bʁɑ.za/ | brasa /bʁa.za/ or /bʁɑ.za/ | brasâmes /bʁa.zam/ or /bʁɑ.zam/ | brasâtes /bʁa.zat/ or /bʁɑ.zat/ | brasèrent /bʁa.zɛʁ/ or /bʁɑ.zɛʁ/ | |
| future | braserai /bʁaz.ʁe/ or /bʁɑz.ʁe/ | braseras /bʁaz.ʁa/ or /bʁɑz.ʁa/ | brasera /bʁaz.ʁa/ or /bʁɑz.ʁa/ | braserons /bʁaz.ʁɔ̃/ or /bʁɑz.ʁɔ̃/ | braserez /bʁaz.ʁe/ or /bʁɑz.ʁe/ | braseront /bʁaz.ʁɔ̃/ or /bʁɑz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | braserais /bʁaz.ʁɛ/ or /bʁɑz.ʁɛ/ | braserais /bʁaz.ʁɛ/ or /bʁɑz.ʁɛ/ | braserait /bʁaz.ʁɛ/ or /bʁɑz.ʁɛ/ | braserions /bʁa.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /bʁɑ.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ | braseriez /bʁa.zə.ʁje/ or /bʁɑ.zə.ʁje/ | braseraient /bʁaz.ʁɛ/ or /bʁɑz.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 | brase /bʁaz/ or /bʁɑz/ | brases /bʁaz/ or /bʁɑz/ | brase /bʁaz/ or /bʁɑz/ | brasions /bʁa.zjɔ̃/ or /bʁɑ.zjɔ̃/ | brasiez /bʁa.zje/ or /bʁɑ.zje/ | brasent /bʁaz/ or /bʁɑz/ |
| imperfect2 | brasasse /bʁa.zas/ or /bʁɑ.zas/ | brasasses /bʁa.zas/ or /bʁɑ.zas/ | brasât /bʁa.za/ or /bʁɑ.za/ | brasassions /bʁa.za.sjɔ̃/ or /bʁɑ.za.sjɔ̃/ | brasassiez /bʁa.za.sje/ or /bʁɑ.za.sje/ | brasassent /bʁa.zas/ or /bʁɑ.zas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | brase /bʁaz/ or /bʁɑz/ | — | brasons /bʁa.zɔ̃/ or /bʁɑ.zɔ̃/ | brasez /bʁa.ze/ or /bʁɑ.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
- brasage
- débraser
Further reading
- “braser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- arbres, barres, barrés, sabrer
Middle English
Noun
braser
- Alternative form of bracer