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s'amuser
amuser
English
Noun
amuser (plural amusers)
- Someone who amuses.
- (obsolete) One who diverts attention, usually to distract or bewilder, often for fraudulent purposes; hence a cheat, deceiver or thief.
- (historical, early 19th century) One of a class of rogues who carry snuff or dust in their pockets, which they throw into the eyes of people so as to enable their accomplices to rob them while pretending to help them.
- 1993, Stella Cameron; Only by Your Touch, Harpercollins, page 88:
- He should have knowed better than to tangle with you, Miss Lindsay. Where did you learn to be an amuser, then?
- 2002, various authors, Gangs of New York (film), Miramax Films, Entertainment Film Distributors:
- BOSS TWEED — No one important, necessarily. Average men will do. Back alley amusers with no affiliations.
- 2013, Michelle Lovric; The Remedy, Bloomsbury, page 59:
- Valentine watches the bunch of amusers close around the politician, the leader already dipping into his pocket for the snuff to fling into the eyes of their victim.
- 1993, Stella Cameron; Only by Your Touch, Harpercollins, page 88:
Translations
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Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Middle French amuser (“to amuse, divert, babble”), from Old French amuser (“to stupefy, waste time, be lost in thought”), from a- + muser (“to stare stupidly at, gape, wander, waste time, loiter, think carefully about, attend to”), of uncertain and obscure origin. Cognate with Occitan musa (“idle waiting”), Italian musare (“to gape idly about”). Possibly from Old French *mus (“snout”) from Proto-Romance *mūsa (“snout”) (—compare Medieval Latin mūsum (“muzzle, snout”)), from Proto-Germanic *mū- (“muzzle, snout”), from Proto-Indo-European *mū- (“lips, muzzle”). Compare German Maul (“muzzle, snout”).
Alternative etymology connects Old French muser and Occitan musa with Old High German muoza (“careful attention, leisure, idleness”), from Proto-Germanic *mōtǭ (“leave, permission”), from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to acquire, possess, control”). Compare also Old High German muozōn (“to be idle, have leisure or opportunity”), German Musse (“leisure”). More at empty.
Pronunciation
Verb
amuser
- (transitive) to amuse, to entertain
- (reflexive, s'amuser) to have fun, to enjoy oneself
Conjugation
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | amuser | avoir amusé | |||||
gerund | en amusant | en ayant amusé | |||||
present participle | amusant /a.my.zɑ̃/ |
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past participle | amusé /a.my.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 | amuse /a.myz/ |
amuses /a.myz/ |
amuse /a.myz/ |
amusons /a.my.zɔ̃/ |
amusez /a.my.ze/ |
amusent /a.myz/ |
imperfect | amusais /a.my.zɛ/ |
amusais /a.my.zɛ/ |
amusait /a.my.zɛ/ |
amusions /a.my.zjɔ̃/ |
amusiez /a.my.zje/ |
amusaient /a.my.zɛ/ |
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past historic1 | amusai /a.my.ze/ |
amusas /a.my.za/ |
amusa /a.my.za/ |
amusâmes /a.my.zam/ |
amusâtes /a.my.zat/ |
amusèrent /a.my.zɛʁ/ |
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future | amuserai /a.myz.ʁe/ |
amuseras /a.myz.ʁa/ |
amusera /a.myz.ʁa/ |
amuserons /a.myz.ʁɔ̃/ |
amuserez /a.myz.ʁe/ |
amuseront /a.myz.ʁɔ̃/ |
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conditional | amuserais /a.myz.ʁɛ/ |
amuserais /a.myz.ʁɛ/ |
amuserait /a.myz.ʁɛ/ |
amuserions /a.my.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
amuseriez /a.my.zə.ʁje/ |
amuseraient /a.myz.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 | amuse /a.myz/ |
amuses /a.myz/ |
amuse /a.myz/ |
amusions /a.my.zjɔ̃/ |
amusiez /a.my.zje/ |
amusent /a.myz/ |
imperfect1 |
amusasse /a.my.zas/ |
amusasses /a.my.zas/ |
amusât /a.my.za/ |
amusassions /a.my.za.sjɔ̃/ |
amusassiez /a.my.za.sje/ |
amusassent /a.my.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 | – | |
— | amuse /a.myz/ |
— | amusons /a.my.zɔ̃/ |
amusez /a.my.ze/ |
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Derived terms
Descendants
- German: amüsieren
Anagrams
Norman
Alternative forms
- (Saint Ouen) amûther
Etymology
From Old French amuser (“to stupefy, waste time, be lost in thought”), from a- + muser (“to stare stupidly at, gape, wander, waste time, loiter, think carefully about, attend to”), of uncertain and obscure origin.
Verb
amuser
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