raser

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Danish

Verb

raser

  1. present of rase

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French raser, from Vulgar Latin *rāsāre, a frequentative verb formed from Latin rāsus, past participle of rādō, from Proto-Italic *razdō, from Proto-Indo-European *rh₁d-dʰ-, extended from *reh₁d- (“to scrape, scratch, gnaw”). Compare Italian rasare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁa.ze/ ~ /ʁɑ.ze/
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Verb

raser

  1. (transitive) to shave
  2. (transitive) to brush, lightly touch
  3. (transitive) to raze (level to the ground)
  4. (transitive, informal) 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.
    The dignified man cannot imagine how much he can bore his students with ideas of this kind, which to him are so sincere that they discourage irony.
    (Gide, Faux monnayeurs, 1925)

Conjugation

Conjugation of raser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple raser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple rasant
/ʁa.zɑ̃/ or /ʁɑ.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle rasé
/ʁa.ze/ or /ʁɑ.ze/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present rase
/ʁaz/ or /ʁɑz/ 		rases
/ʁaz/ or /ʁɑz/ 		rase
/ʁaz/ or /ʁɑz/ 		rasons
/ʁa.zɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ.zɔ̃/ 		rasez
/ʁa.ze/ or /ʁɑ.ze/ 		rasent
/ʁaz/ or /ʁɑz/
imperfect rasais
/ʁa.zɛ/ or /ʁɑ.zɛ/ 		rasais
/ʁa.zɛ/ or /ʁɑ.zɛ/ 		rasait
/ʁa.zɛ/ or /ʁɑ.zɛ/ 		rasions
/ʁa.zjɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ.zjɔ̃/ 		rasiez
/ʁa.zje/ or /ʁɑ.zje/ 		rasaient
/ʁa.zɛ/ or /ʁɑ.zɛ/
past historic2 rasai
/ʁa.ze/ or /ʁɑ.ze/ 		rasas
/ʁa.za/ or /ʁɑ.za/ 		rasa
/ʁa.za/ or /ʁɑ.za/ 		rasâmes
/ʁa.zam/ or /ʁɑ.zam/ 		rasâtes
/ʁa.zat/ or /ʁɑ.zat/ 		rasèrent
/ʁa.zɛʁ/ or /ʁɑ.zɛʁ/
future raserai
/ʁaz.ʁe/ or /ʁɑz.ʁe/ 		raseras
/ʁaz.ʁa/ or /ʁɑz.ʁa/ 		rasera
/ʁaz.ʁa/ or /ʁɑz.ʁa/ 		raserons
/ʁaz.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁɑz.ʁɔ̃/ 		raserez
/ʁaz.ʁe/ or /ʁɑz.ʁe/ 		raseront
/ʁaz.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁɑz.ʁɔ̃/
conditional raserais
/ʁaz.ʁɛ/ or /ʁɑz.ʁɛ/ 		raserais
/ʁaz.ʁɛ/ or /ʁɑz.ʁɛ/ 		raserait
/ʁaz.ʁɛ/ or /ʁɑz.ʁɛ/ 		raserions
/ʁa.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		raseriez
/ʁa.zə.ʁje/ or /ʁɑ.zə.ʁje/ 		raseraient
/ʁaz.ʁɛ/ or /ʁɑz.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present rase
/ʁaz/ or /ʁɑz/ 		rases
/ʁaz/ or /ʁɑz/ 		rase
/ʁaz/ or /ʁɑz/ 		rasions
/ʁa.zjɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ.zjɔ̃/ 		rasiez
/ʁa.zje/ or /ʁɑ.zje/ 		rasent
/ʁaz/ or /ʁɑz/
imperfect2 rasasse
/ʁa.zas/ or /ʁɑ.zas/ 		rasasses
/ʁa.zas/ or /ʁɑ.zas/ 		rasât
/ʁa.za/ or /ʁɑ.za/ 		rasassions
/ʁa.za.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ.za.sjɔ̃/ 		rasassiez
/ʁa.za.sje/ or /ʁɑ.za.sje/ 		rasassent
/ʁa.zas/ or /ʁɑ.zas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — rase
/ʁaz/ or /ʁɑz/ 		— rasons
/ʁa.zɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ.zɔ̃/ 		rasez
/ʁa.ze/ or /ʁɑ.ze/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Middle English

Noun

raser

  1. Alternative form of reiser

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

raser m

  1. indefinite plural of rase

Verb

raser

  1. imperative of rasere
  2. present of rase

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

raser

  1. imperative of rasera

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *rāsāre, from Latin rāsus, past participle of rādō.

Verb

raser

  1. 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 gerund of avoir + 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 present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + 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 present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— rese — rasons rasez —

Descendants

  • → Middle English: rasen
  • French: raser
  • Norman: râser

Swedish

Noun

raser

  1. indefinite plural of ras

Welsh

Etymology

From English raser a variation of razor.

Pronunciation

Noun

raser f (plural raserydd, not mutable)

  1. (South Wales) razor
    Synonyms: ellyn, rasel

References

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “raser”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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