raser

See also râser

Danish

Verb

raser

1. present of rase

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French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *rāsāre, from Latin rāsum, from rādere, present active infinitive of rādō. Compare Italian rasare.

Pronunciation

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Verb

raser

1. to shave
2. to brush, to lightly touch.
3. to raze (to level to the ground)
4. (familiar) to bore someone

   Le digne homme n'imagine pas combien il peut raser les élèves avec des propos de ce genre ; chez lui si sincères qu'ils découragent l'ironie. (Gide, Faux monnayeurs, 1925)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of raser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		raser			avoir rasé
gerund		en rasant			en ayant rasé
present participle		rasant
past participle		rasé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	rase	rases	rase	rasons	rasez	rasent
	imperfect	rasais	rasais	rasait	rasions	rasiez	rasaient
	past historic1	rasai	rasas	rasa	rasâmes	rasâtes	rasèrent
	future	raserai	raseras	rasera	raserons	raserez	raseront
	conditional	raserais	raserais	raserait	raserions	raseriez	raseraient
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 anterior1	Use the past historic 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 je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	rase	rases	rase	rasions	rasiez	rasent
	imperfect1	rasasse	rasasses	rasât	rasassions	rasassiez	rasassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	rase	—	rasons	rasez	—
1literary tenses

Derived terms

• rasé
• raseur
• rasoir

Anagrams

• erras, rares, Sarre, serra

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

raser

1. imperative of rasera and rasere

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Old French

Verb

raser

1. to shave

Conjugation

• Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

   Conjugation of raser (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		raser			avoir rasé, rasez
gerund		en rasant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		rasant
past participle		rasé, rasez
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jeo, jou	tu	il	nos, nous	vos, vous	ils
simple tenses	present	rase	rases	rase	rasons	rasez, rasés	rasent
	imperfect	rasoe, raseie, rasoie	rasoes, raseies, rasoies	rasot, raseit, rasoit	rasions, rasiions	rasiez, rasiiez	rasoent, rasient, rasoient
	past historic	rasa	rasas	rasa	rasames	rasastes	raserent
	future	raserai	raseras	rasera	raserons	raserez, rasereiz	raseront
	conditional	raseroe, rasereie, raseroie	raseroes, rasereied, raseroied	raserot, rasereie, raseroie	raserions, raseriions	raseriez, raseriiez	raseroent, rasereient, raseroient
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 past historic 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 jeo, jou	que tu	qu’il	que nos, nous	que vos, vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	rase	rases	rase	rasons	rasez	rasent
	imperfect	rasasse	rasasses	rasast	rasissons	rasissez, rasissiez	rasassent
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, nous	vos, vous	–
		—	rase	—	rasons	rasez	—

Descendants

• English: raze
• French: raser
• Jèrriais: râser

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Swedish

Noun

raser

1. indefinite plural of ras