blase

See also: blasa, Blase, blasé, and blåse

English

Pronunciation

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Adjective

blase

1. Alternative spelling of blasé

Anagrams

• Ables, Basel, Basle, Bleas, Sabel, Sable, ables, albes, baels, bales, beals, labes, sable, saleb

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blaz/
• Homophones: blasent, blases

Etymology 1

Verb

blase

1. first-person singular present indicative of blaser
2. third-person singular present indicative of blaser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of blaser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of blaser
5. second-person singular imperative of blaser

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

• Rhymes: -aːzə

Verb

blase

1. (deprecated template usage) First-person singular present of blasen.
2. (deprecated template usage) First-person singular subjunctive I of blasen.
3. (deprecated template usage) Third-person singular subjunctive I of blasen.
4. (deprecated template usage) Imperative singular of blasen.

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Middle English

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• blaese, blease
• blese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblaːz(ə)/, /ˈblɛːz(ə)/

Noun

blase (plural blases or blasen)

1. A fire or burning, especially referring to its flaming.
2. (rare) A lamp or signal; fire used as lighting.
3. (rare) A bright thing or object.

Descendants

• English: blaze
• Scots: bleize, blase, blese, bleise, bleis, bleeze

References

• “blāse (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-27.

Etymology 2

Derived from the noun.

Verb

blase

1. Alternative form of blasen