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/
  • (file)

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)

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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.

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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