jazzer
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jazzer (plural jazzers)
- (colloquial, rare) Something with energy or pizzazz. [from 20th c.]
- (colloquial) A jazz musician; someone who likes or dances to jazz music. [from 20th c.]
- 2004, Harris M. Berger, Giovanna Del Negro, Identity and everyday life, page 106:
- Unlike the players from the other scenes, however, the Cleveland jazzers would also engage in reflexive thought even when there are no immediate problems.
- 2021, Gavin Plumley, “A Boulevardier Writes…”, in Literary Review, 497, June:
- Taking an opportunity to follow jazzer Paul Whiteman's band to Berlin, he remained in the German capital until Hitler's rise to power.
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Verb edit
jazzer
- to jazz (play jazz music)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of jazzer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | jazzer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | jazzant /dʒa.zɑ̃/ or /dʒɑ.zɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | jazzé /dʒa.ze/ or /dʒɑ.ze/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | jazze /dʒaz/ or /dʒɑz/ |
jazzes /dʒaz/ or /dʒɑz/ |
jazze /dʒaz/ or /dʒɑz/ |
jazzons /dʒa.zɔ̃/ or /dʒɑ.zɔ̃/ |
jazzez /dʒa.ze/ or /dʒɑ.ze/ |
jazzent /dʒaz/ or /dʒɑz/ |
imperfect | jazzais /dʒa.zɛ/ or /dʒɑ.zɛ/ |
jazzais /dʒa.zɛ/ or /dʒɑ.zɛ/ |
jazzait /dʒa.zɛ/ or /dʒɑ.zɛ/ |
jazzions /dʒa.zjɔ̃/ or /dʒɑ.zjɔ̃/ |
jazziez /dʒa.zje/ or /dʒɑ.zje/ |
jazzaient /dʒa.zɛ/ or /dʒɑ.zɛ/ | |
past historic2 | jazzai /dʒa.ze/ or /dʒɑ.ze/ |
jazzas /dʒa.za/ or /dʒɑ.za/ |
jazza /dʒa.za/ or /dʒɑ.za/ |
jazzâmes /dʒa.zam/ or /dʒɑ.zam/ |
jazzâtes /dʒa.zat/ or /dʒɑ.zat/ |
jazzèrent /dʒa.zɛʁ/ or /dʒɑ.zɛʁ/ | |
future | jazzerai /dʒaz.ʁe/ or /dʒɑz.ʁe/ |
jazzeras /dʒaz.ʁa/ or /dʒɑz.ʁa/ |
jazzera /dʒaz.ʁa/ or /dʒɑz.ʁa/ |
jazzerons /dʒaz.ʁɔ̃/ or /dʒɑz.ʁɔ̃/ |
jazzerez /dʒaz.ʁe/ or /dʒɑz.ʁe/ |
jazzeront /dʒaz.ʁɔ̃/ or /dʒɑz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | jazzerais /dʒaz.ʁɛ/ or /dʒɑz.ʁɛ/ |
jazzerais /dʒaz.ʁɛ/ or /dʒɑz.ʁɛ/ |
jazzerait /dʒaz.ʁɛ/ or /dʒɑz.ʁɛ/ |
jazzerions /dʒa.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /dʒɑ.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
jazzeriez /dʒa.zə.ʁje/ or /dʒɑ.zə.ʁje/ |
jazzeraient /dʒaz.ʁɛ/ or /dʒɑz.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 | jazze /dʒaz/ or /dʒɑz/ |
jazzes /dʒaz/ or /dʒɑz/ |
jazze /dʒaz/ or /dʒɑz/ |
jazzions /dʒa.zjɔ̃/ or /dʒɑ.zjɔ̃/ |
jazziez /dʒa.zje/ or /dʒɑ.zje/ |
jazzent /dʒaz/ or /dʒɑz/ |
imperfect2 | jazzasse /dʒa.zas/ or /dʒɑ.zas/ |
jazzasses /dʒa.zas/ or /dʒɑ.zas/ |
jazzât /dʒa.za/ or /dʒɑ.za/ |
jazzassions /dʒa.za.sjɔ̃/ or /dʒɑ.za.sjɔ̃/ |
jazzassiez /dʒa.za.sje/ or /dʒɑ.za.sje/ |
jazzassent /dʒa.zas/ or /dʒɑ.zas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | jazze /dʒaz/ or /dʒɑz/ |
— | jazzons /dʒa.zɔ̃/ or /dʒɑ.zɔ̃/ |
jazzez /dʒa.ze/ or /dʒɑ.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). |