blesser

English

Etymology

bless +‎ -er

Noun

blesser (plural blessers)

1. One who blesses; one who bestows or invokes a blessing.

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French

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French blecier (“to injure, hurt”), from Frankish *blētjan (“to bruise”), from Proto-Germanic *blaitijaną (“to discolour, bruise”), from *blaitaz (“pale, discoloured”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhlAid- (“pale, pallid”). Cognate with Old High German bleiza, bleizza (“livor, bruise”), Old English blāt (“pale, livid”). More at blate.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ble.se/, X-SAMPA: /ble.se/

Verb

blesser

1. to wound, to injure.

   Il a été blessé par un coup de poignard au niveau des muscles abdominaux.

2. (reflexive) to injure oneself

   Jeudi, je me suis blessé mon pied droit.

Synonyms

• offenser

Related terms

• blessant
• blessé
• blessure

Conjugation

   Conjugation of blesser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		blesser			avoir blessé
gerund		en blessant			en ayant blessé
present participle		blessant
past participle		blessé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	blesse	blesses	blesse	blessons	blessez	blessent
	imperfect	blessais	blessais	blessait	blessions	blessiez	blessaient
	past historic1	blessai	blessas	blessa	blessâmes	blessâtes	blessèrent
	future	blesserai	blesseras	blessera	blesserons	blesserez	blesseront
	conditional	blesserais	blesserais	blesserait	blesserions	blesseriez	blesseraient
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	blesse	blesses	blesse	blessions	blessiez	blessent
	imperfect1	blessasse	blessasses	blessât	blessassions	blessassiez	blessassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	blesse	—	blessons	blessez	—
1literary tenses

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Middle French

Etymology

see above

Verb

blesser

1. to hurt; to injure

Conjugation

   Conjugation of blesser

		simple			compound
infinitive		blesser			avoir blessé
gerund		en blessant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		blessant
past participle		blessé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (may be j' before a vowel)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils, elles
simple tenses	present	blesse	blesses	blesse	blessons	blessez	blessent
	imperfect	blessois, blessoys	blessois, blessoys	blessoit, blessoyt	blessions, blessyons	blessiez, blessyez	blessoient, blessoyent
	past historic	blessa	blessas	blessa	blessasmes	blessastes	blesserent
	future	blesserai, blesseray	blesseras	blessera	blesserons	blesserez	blesseront
	conditional	blesserois, blesseroys	blesserois, blesseroys	blesseroit, blesseroyt	blesserions, blesseryons	blesseriez, blesseryez	blesseroient, blesseroyent
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 anterior	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	que tu	qu'il	que nous	que vous	qu'ils, qu'elles
simple tenses	present	blesse	blesses	blesse	blessons	blessez	blessent
	imperfect	blessasse	blessasses	blessast	blessassions	blessassiez	blessassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	blesse	—	blessons	blessez	—