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raser
raser
See also: râser
French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *rāsāre, from Latin rāsum, from rādere, present active infinitive of rādō. Compare Italian rasare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁɑ.ze/, /ʁa.ze/
Verb
raser
- (transitive) to shave
- (transitive) to brush, lightly touch
- (transitive) to raze (level to the ground)
- (transitive, 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.
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- 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.
Conjugation
Conjugation of raser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | raser | avoir rasé | |||||
| gerund | en rasant | en ayant rasé | |||||
| present participle | rasant /ʁɑ.zɑ̃/ or /ʁa.zɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | rasé /ʁɑ.ze/ or /ʁa.ze/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | rase /ʁɑz/ or /ʁaz/ |
rases /ʁɑz/ or /ʁaz/ |
rase /ʁɑz/ or /ʁaz/ |
rasons /ʁɑ.zɔ̃/ or /ʁa.zɔ̃/ |
rasez /ʁɑ.ze/ or /ʁa.ze/ |
rasent /ʁɑz/ or /ʁaz/ |
| imperfect | rasais /ʁɑ.zɛ/ or /ʁa.zɛ/ |
rasais /ʁɑ.zɛ/ or /ʁa.zɛ/ |
rasait /ʁɑ.zɛ/ or /ʁa.zɛ/ |
rasions /ʁɑ.zjɔ̃/ or /ʁa.zjɔ̃/ |
rasiez /ʁɑ.zje/ or /ʁa.zje/ |
rasaient /ʁɑ.zɛ/ or /ʁa.zɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | rasai /ʁɑ.ze/ or /ʁa.ze/ |
rasas /ʁɑ.za/ or /ʁa.za/ |
rasa /ʁɑ.za/ or /ʁa.za/ |
rasâmes /ʁɑ.zam/ or /ʁa.zam/ |
rasâtes /ʁɑ.zat/ or /ʁa.zat/ |
rasèrent /ʁɑ.zɛʁ/ or /ʁa.zɛʁ/ |
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| future | raserai /ʁɑz.ʁe/ or /ʁaz.ʁe/ |
raseras /ʁɑz.ʁa/ or /ʁaz.ʁa/ |
rasera /ʁɑz.ʁa/ or /ʁaz.ʁa/ |
raserons /ʁɑz.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁaz.ʁɔ̃/ |
raserez /ʁɑz.ʁe/ or /ʁaz.ʁe/ |
raseront /ʁɑz.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁaz.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | raserais /ʁɑz.ʁɛ/ or /ʁaz.ʁɛ/ |
raserais /ʁɑz.ʁɛ/ or /ʁaz.ʁɛ/ |
raserait /ʁɑz.ʁɛ/ or /ʁaz.ʁɛ/ |
raserions /ʁɑ.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁa.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
raseriez /ʁɑ.zə.ʁje/ or /ʁa.zə.ʁje/ |
raseraient /ʁɑz.ʁɛ/ or /ʁaz.ʁɛ/ |
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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 | rase /ʁɑz/ or /ʁaz/ |
rases /ʁɑz/ or /ʁaz/ |
rase /ʁɑz/ or /ʁaz/ |
rasions /ʁɑ.zjɔ̃/ or /ʁa.zjɔ̃/ |
rasiez /ʁɑ.zje/ or /ʁa.zje/ |
rasent /ʁɑz/ or /ʁaz/ |
| imperfect1 |
rasasse /ʁɑ.zas/ or /ʁa.zas/ |
rasasses /ʁɑ.zas/ or /ʁa.zas/ |
rasât /ʁɑ.za/ or /ʁa.za/ |
rasassions /ʁɑ.za.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁa.za.sjɔ̃/ |
rasassiez /ʁɑ.za.sje/ or /ʁa.za.sje/ |
rasassent /ʁɑ.zas/ or /ʁa.zas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | rase /ʁɑz/ or /ʁaz/ |
— | rasons /ʁɑ.zɔ̃/ or /ʁa.zɔ̃/ |
rasez /ʁɑ.ze/ or /ʁa.ze/ |
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Derived terms
Anagrams
Old French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *rāsāre, from Latin rāsum, from rādere, present active infinitive of rādō.
Verb
raser
- to shave
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-st are modified to s, st. This verb has a stressed present stem res distinct from the unstressed stem ras. 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 | |||||
| gerund | en rasant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | rasant | ||||||
| past participle | rasé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | res | reses | rese | rasons | rasez | resent |
| imperfect | rasoie, raseie, rasoe, raseve | rasoies, raseies, rasoes, raseves | rasoit, raseit, rasot, raseve | rasiiens, rasiens | rasiiez, rasiez | rasoient, raseient, rasoent, rasevent | |
| preterite | rasai | rasas | rasa | rasames | rasastes | raserent | |
| future | raserai | raseras | rasera | raserons | raseroiz, rasereiz, raserez | raseront | |
| conditional | raseroie, rasereie | raseroies, rasereies | raseroit, rasereit | raseriiens, raseriens | raseriiez, raseriez | raseroient, rasereient | |
| 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 preterite 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 jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | res | res | rest | rasons | rasez | resent |
| imperfect | rasasse | rasasses | rasast | rasissons, rasissiens | rasissoiz, 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 | vos | – | |
| — | rese | — | rasons | rasez | — | ||