blase

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See also: blasa, Blase, blasé, and blåse

English

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Adjective

blase

  1. Alternative spelling of blasé
    • 2020 April 15, Helen Ward, “We scientists said lock down. But UK politicians refused to listen”, in The Guardian‎:
      In mid-February a colleague mentioned that for the first time in his life he was more concerned than his mother, who had been relatively blase about the risks of Covid-19.

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French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Verb

blase

  1. inflection of blaser:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 2

Clipping of blason.

Noun

blase m (plural blases) (slang)

  1. name
    • 2017, “Gustavo”, in Elh Kmer (lyrics), Indépendant:
      T’as pas donné d’blase, t’auras tous mes honneurs.
      Dans l’cas contraire, une équipe te lève à six heures.
      If you haven’t handed over a name, you have all my honour,
      in the opposite case a squad will wake you up at six o’clock.
  2. nose

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German

Pronunciation

Verb

blase

  1. inflection of blasen:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
    3. singular imperative

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English blæse, blase, from Proto-West Germanic *blasā, from Proto-Germanic *blasǭ.

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈblaːz(ə)/, /ˈblɛːz(ə)/, /ˈblæːz(ə)/

Noun

blase (plural blases or blasen)

  1. A blaze (bright, flaming fire)
  2. (rare) A lamp or beacon (fire used as lighting).
  3. (rare) A bright thing or object.
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Etymology 2

Verb

blase

  1. Alternative form of blasen

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *blasā.

Pronunciation

Noun

blase f

  1. torch
  2. blaze

Declension

Declension of blase (weak)
Case Singular Plural
nominative blase blasan
accusative blasan blasan
genitive blasan blasena
dative blasan blasum

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