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relaxer

English edit

Etymology edit

relax +‎ -er.

Noun edit

relaxer (plural relaxers)

  1. Any agent that produces relaxation.
    Music is a good relaxer.
  2. (cosmetics) A cream or lotion that loosens curls in the hair to aid straightening.
  3. A person who relaxes.
    • 2014, Rusty Gregory, Alan Chasen, Living Wheat-Free For Dummies, page 172:
      Are you a doer or a relaxer? If you said “some of both,” then you're right on track.

Related terms edit

French edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin relaxāre. Cognate with Spanish relajar. See also Old French relaisser and Modern French relâcher.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʁə.lak.se/
  • Audio(file)

Verb edit

relaxer

  1. (law) to discharge
  2. (reflexive) to relax

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of relaxer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple relaxer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple relaxant
/ʁə.lak.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle relaxé
/ʁə.lak.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present relaxe
/ʁə.laks/ 		relaxes
/ʁə.laks/ 		relaxe
/ʁə.laks/ 		relaxons
/ʁə.lak.sɔ̃/ 		relaxez
/ʁə.lak.se/ 		relaxent
/ʁə.laks/
imperfect relaxais
/ʁə.lak.sɛ/ 		relaxais
/ʁə.lak.sɛ/ 		relaxait
/ʁə.lak.sɛ/ 		relaxions
/ʁə.lak.sjɔ̃/ 		relaxiez
/ʁə.lak.sje/ 		relaxaient
/ʁə.lak.sɛ/
past historic2 relaxai
/ʁə.lak.se/ 		relaxas
/ʁə.lak.sa/ 		relaxa
/ʁə.lak.sa/ 		relaxâmes
/ʁə.lak.sam/ 		relaxâtes
/ʁə.lak.sat/ 		relaxèrent
/ʁə.lak.sɛʁ/
future relaxerai
/ʁə.lak.sə.ʁe/ 		relaxeras
/ʁə.lak.sə.ʁa/ 		relaxera
/ʁə.lak.sə.ʁa/ 		relaxerons
/ʁə.lak.sə.ʁɔ̃/ 		relaxerez
/ʁə.lak.sə.ʁe/ 		relaxeront
/ʁə.lak.sə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional relaxerais
/ʁə.lak.sə.ʁɛ/ 		relaxerais
/ʁə.lak.sə.ʁɛ/ 		relaxerait
/ʁə.lak.sə.ʁɛ/ 		relaxerions
/ʁə.lak.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		relaxeriez
/ʁə.lak.sə.ʁje/ 		relaxeraient
/ʁə.lak.sə.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 relaxe
/ʁə.laks/ 		relaxes
/ʁə.laks/ 		relaxe
/ʁə.laks/ 		relaxions
/ʁə.lak.sjɔ̃/ 		relaxiez
/ʁə.lak.sje/ 		relaxent
/ʁə.laks/
imperfect2 relaxasse
/ʁə.lak.sas/ 		relaxasses
/ʁə.lak.sas/ 		relaxât
/ʁə.lak.sa/ 		relaxassions
/ʁə.lak.sa.sjɔ̃/ 		relaxassiez
/ʁə.lak.sa.sje/ 		relaxassent
/ʁə.lak.sas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — relaxe
/ʁə.laks/ 		— relaxons
/ʁə.lak.sɔ̃/ 		relaxez
/ʁə.lak.se/ 		—
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).

Conjugation of se relaxer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple se relaxer
compound s'être + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple se relaxant
/sə ʁə.lak.sɑ̃/
compound ayant or étant + past participle
past participle relaxé
/ʁə.lak.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present me relaxe
/mə ʁə.laks/ 		te relaxes
/tə ʁə.laks/ 		se relaxe
/sə ʁə.laks/ 		nous relaxons
/nu ʁə.lak.sɔ̃/ 		vous relaxez
/vu ʁə.lak.se/ 		se relaxent
/sə ʁə.laks/
imperfect me relaxais
/mə ʁə.lak.sɛ/ 		te relaxais
/tə ʁə.lak.sɛ/ 		se relaxait
/sə ʁə.lak.sɛ/ 		nous relaxions
/nu ʁə.lak.sjɔ̃/ 		vous relaxiez
/vu ʁə.lak.sje/ 		se relaxaient
/sə ʁə.lak.sɛ/
past historic2 me relaxai
/mə ʁə.lak.se/ 		te relaxas
/tə ʁə.lak.sa/ 		se relaxa
/sə ʁə.lak.sa/ 		nous relaxâmes
/nu ʁə.lak.sam/ 		vous relaxâtes
/vu ʁə.lak.sat/ 		se relaxèrent
/sə ʁə.lak.sɛʁ/
future me relaxerai
/mə ʁə.lak.sə.ʁe/ 		te relaxeras
/tə ʁə.lak.sə.ʁa/ 		se relaxera
/sə ʁə.lak.sə.ʁa/ 		nous relaxerons
/nu ʁə.lak.sə.ʁɔ̃/ 		vous relaxerez
/vu ʁə.lak.sə.ʁe/ 		se relaxeront
/sə ʁə.lak.sə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional me relaxerais
/mə ʁə.lak.sə.ʁɛ/ 		te relaxerais
/tə ʁə.lak.sə.ʁɛ/ 		se relaxerait
/sə ʁə.lak.sə.ʁɛ/ 		nous relaxerions
/nu ʁə.lak.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		vous relaxeriez
/vu ʁə.lak.sə.ʁje/ 		se relaxeraient
/sə ʁə.lak.sə.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of s'être + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of s'être + past participle
future perfect future of s'être + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of s'être + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present me relaxe
/mə ʁə.laks/ 		te relaxes
/tə ʁə.laks/ 		se relaxe
/sə ʁə.laks/ 		nous relaxions
/nu ʁə.lak.sjɔ̃/ 		vous relaxiez
/vu ʁə.lak.sje/ 		se relaxent
/sə ʁə.laks/
imperfect2 me relaxasse
/mə ʁə.lak.sas/ 		te relaxasses
/tə ʁə.lak.sas/ 		se relaxât
/sə ʁə.lak.sa/ 		nous relaxassions
/nu ʁə.lak.sa.sjɔ̃/ 		vous relaxassiez
/vu ʁə.lak.sa.sje/ 		se relaxassent
/sə ʁə.lak.sas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of s'être + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — relaxe-toi
/ʁə.laks.twa/ 		— relaxons-nous
/ʁə.lak.sɔ̃.nu/ 		relaxez-vous
/ʁə.lak.se.vu/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of s'être + past participle — simple imperative of s'être + past participle simple imperative of s'être + 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 edit

Related terms edit

Further reading edit

Latin edit

Verb edit

relaxer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of relaxō

Old French edit

Verb edit

relaxer

  1. Alternative form of relaschier

Conjugation edit

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of relaxer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive relaxer avoir relaxé
gerund en relaxant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle relaxant
past participle relaxé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present relaxe relaxes relaxe relaxons relaxez relaxent
imperfect relaxoie, relaxeie, relaxoe, relaxeve relaxoies, relaxeies, relaxoes, relaxeves relaxoit, relaxeit, relaxot, relaxeve relaxiiens, relaxiens relaxiiez, relaxiez relaxoient, relaxeient, relaxoent, relaxevent
preterite relaxai relaxas relaxa relaxames relaxastes relaxerent
future relaxerai relaxeras relaxera relaxerons relaxeroiz, relaxereiz, relaxerez relaxeront
conditional relaxeroie, relaxereie relaxeroies, relaxereies relaxeroit, relaxereit relaxeriiens, relaxeriens relaxeriiez, relaxeriez relaxeroient, relaxereient
compound
tenses 		present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses 		present relaxe relaxes relaxe relaxons relaxez relaxent
imperfect relaxasse relaxasses relaxast relaxissons, relaxissiens relaxissoiz, relaxissez, relaxissiez relaxassent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— relaxe — relaxons relaxez —
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