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Webster 1913 Edition
Blesser
Bless′er
,Noun.
One who blesses; one who bestows or invokes a blessing.
Webster 1828 Edition
Blesser
BLESS'ER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
blesser
blesser
French
Etymology
From Middle French blesser, from Old French blecier (“to injure, hurt”), from Frankish *blētjan (“to bruise”), from Proto-Germanic *blaitijaną (“to discolour, bruise”), from *blaitaz (“pale, discoloured”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhlAid- (“pale, pallid”). Cognate with Old High German bleiza, bleizza (“livor, bruise”), Old English blāt (“pale, livid”). More at blate.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ble.se/
Verb
blesser
- to wound, to injure.
- Il a été blessé par un coup de poignard au niveau des muscles abdominaux.
- (figuratively) to hurt someone's feelings, to offend
- (reflexive) to injure oneself
- Je me suis blessé le pied droit.
Synonyms
Related terms
Conjugation
Conjugation of blesser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | blesser | avoir blessé | |||||
| gerund | en blessant | en ayant blessé | |||||
| present participle | blessant /blɛ.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | blessé /blɛ.se/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | blesse /blɛs/ |
blesses /blɛs/ |
blesse /blɛs/ |
blessons /blɛ.sɔ̃/ |
blessez /blɛ.se/ |
blessent /blɛs/ |
| imperfect | blessais /blɛ.sɛ/ |
blessais /blɛ.sɛ/ |
blessait /blɛ.sɛ/ |
blessions /blɛ.sjɔ̃/ |
blessiez /blɛ.sje/ |
blessaient /blɛ.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | blessai /blɛ.se/ |
blessas /blɛ.sa/ |
blessa /blɛ.sa/ |
blessâmes /blɛ.sam/ |
blessâtes /blɛ.sat/ |
blessèrent /blɛ.sɛʁ/ |
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| future | blesserai /blɛ.sʁe/ |
blesseras /blɛ.sʁa/ |
blessera /blɛ.sʁa/ |
blesserons /blɛ.sʁɔ̃/ |
blesserez /blɛ.sʁe/ |
blesseront /blɛ.sʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | blesserais /blɛ.sʁɛ/ |
blesserais /blɛ.sʁɛ/ |
blesserait /blɛ.sʁɛ/ |
blesserions /blɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
blesseriez /blɛ.sə.ʁje/ |
blesseraient /blɛ.sʁɛ/ |
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| 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 | blesse /blɛs/ |
blesses /blɛs/ |
blesse /blɛs/ |
blessions /blɛ.sjɔ̃/ |
blessiez /blɛ.sje/ |
blessent /blɛs/ |
| imperfect1 |
blessasse /blɛ.sas/ |
blessasses /blɛ.sas/ |
blessât /blɛ.sa/ |
blessassions /blɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
blessassiez /blɛ.sa.sje/ |
blessassent /blɛ.sas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | blesse /blɛs/ |
— | blessons /blɛ.sɔ̃/ |
blessez /blɛ.se/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Middle French
Etymology
Old French [Term?], see above.
Verb
blesser
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of blesser
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | blesser | avoir blessé | |||||
| gerund | en blessant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | blessant | ||||||
| past participle | blessé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | blesse | blesses | blesse | blessons | blessez | blessent |
| imperfect | blessois, blessoys | blessois, blessoys | blessoit, blessoyt | blessions, blessyons | blessiez, blessyez | blessoient, blessoyent | |
| past historic | blessa | blessas | blessa | blessasmes | blessastes | blesserent | |
| future | blesserai, blesseray | blesseras | blessera | blesserons | blesserez | blesseront | |
| conditional | blesserois, blesseroys | blesserois, blesseroys | blesseroit, blesseroyt | blesserions, blesseryons | blesseriez, blesseryez | blesseroient, blesseroyent | |
| 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 ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | blesse | blesses | blesse | blessons | blessez | blessent |
| imperfect | blessasse | blessasses | blessast | blessassions | blessassiez | blessassent | |
| 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 | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | blesse | — | blessons | blessez | — | ||