blase
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English[edit]
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Adjective[edit]
blase
- Alternative spelling of blasé
- 2020 April 15, Helen Ward, “We scientists said lock down. But UK politicians refused to listen”, in The Guardian[1]:
- 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[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /blaz/
- Homophones: blasent, blases
Etymology 1[edit]
Verb[edit]
blase
- inflection of blaser:
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
blase m (plural blases) (slang)
- 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.
- If you haven’t handed over a name, you have all my honour,
- nose
Further reading[edit]
- “blase”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
blase
- inflection of blasen:
Middle English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old English blæse, blase, from Proto-West Germanic *blasā, from Proto-Germanic *blasǭ.
Alternative forms[edit]
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Noun[edit]
blase (plural blases or blasen)
- A blaze (bright, flaming fire)
- (rare) A lamp or beacon (fire used as lighting).
- (rare) A bright thing or object.
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Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “blāse, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-27.
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
blase
- Alternative form of blasen
Old English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *blasā.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
blase f
Declension[edit]
Declension of blase (weak)
Descendants[edit]
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