blaser
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed 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”), Dutch blazen, English blast.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
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 edit
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 edit
References edit
- “blaser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Further reading edit
- “blaser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.