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relaxer
relaxer
English
Noun
relaxer (plural relaxers)
- Any agent that produces relaxation.
- Music is a good relaxer.
- 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.
- 2014, Rusty Gregory, Alan Chasen, Living Wheat-Free For Dummies (page 172)
Related terms
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin relaxāre, present active infinitive of relaxō.
Verb
relaxer
- (law) to discharge
Conjugation
Conjugation of relaxer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | relaxer | avoir relaxé | |||||
| gerund | en relaxant | en ayant relaxé | |||||
| present participle | relaxant /ʁə.lak.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | relaxé /ʁə.lak.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 | 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/ |
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| past historic1 | relaxai /ʁə.lak.se/ |
relaxas /ʁə.lak.sa/ |
relaxa /ʁə.lak.sa/ |
relaxâmes /ʁə.lak.sam/ |
relaxâtes /ʁə.lak.sat/ |
relaxèrent /ʁə.lak.sɛʁ/ |
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| 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/ |
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| 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/ |
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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 | relaxe /ʁə.laks/ |
relaxes /ʁə.laks/ |
relaxe /ʁə.laks/ |
relaxions /ʁə.lak.sjɔ̃/ |
relaxiez /ʁə.lak.sje/ |
relaxent /ʁə.laks/ |
| imperfect1 |
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/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | relaxe /ʁə.laks/ |
— | relaxons /ʁə.lak.sɔ̃/ |
relaxez /ʁə.lak.se/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Old French
Verb
relaxer
- Alternative form of relaschier
Conjugation
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 | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the 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 | 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 | relaxe | relaxes | relaxe | relaxons | relaxez | relaxent |
| imperfect | relaxasse | relaxasses | relaxast | relaxissons, relaxissiens | relaxissoiz, relaxissez, relaxissiez | relaxassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | relaxe | — | relaxons | relaxez | — | ||