braser

French

Etymology

Inherited 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	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	braser
present participle or gerund¹	simple	brasant /bʁa.zɑ̃/ or /bʁɑ.zɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	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/
(simple tenses)	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
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

Anagrams

arbres, barres, barrés, sabrer

Middle English

Noun