flasher

See also: Flasher

English

Etymology

flash +‎ -er

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -æʃə(ɹ)

Noun

flasher (plural flashers)

1. Anything that flashes, especially a device that switches a light on and off.
2. (automotive) An indicator or turn signal.
3. (obsolete) Someone of great accomplishments, or brilliant appearance.
   • 1795 March 17, Hester Piozzi, Thraliana:

     Mr Yorke of D'Affrenalli has been introduced to me as a Wit & a Flasher: it was supposed that we were to admire one another's Abilities,—but I fancy the Project failed on both Sides […] .

4. (slang) Someone who exposes themselves indecently; someone who ‘flashes’ their genitals.

Synonyms

• (person): exhibitionist

Translations

anything that flashes

• Danish: blinklys n (directional light on a car)
• Russian: мига́лка (ru) f (migálka)

a person who exposes their genitals indecently

• Danish: blotter (da) c
• Dutch: flasher (nl) m, potloodventer (nl) m (specifically the phallus)
• Finnish: viuhahtaja (fi), itsensäpaljastaja (fi), vilauttelija
• French: exhibitionniste (fr) m or f
• Greek: επιδειξίας (el) m (epideixías)
• Russian: эксгибициони́ст (ru) m (eksgibicioníst), эксгибициони́стка (ru) f (eksgibicionístka)
• Swedish: blottare (sv) c

Anagrams

• halfers, reflash

French

Etymology

From English flash.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fla.ʃe/

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• Homophone: flache

Verb

flasher

1. to flash (of a light, to have intermittent periods on and off)
2. to flash (of a camera, to use flash photography)
3. to take photographs using a flash

   Des touristes épars flashaient à tout va. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

4. (transport) to flash (to catch a speeding vehicle on camera)
5. (colloquial) to have a crush, become infatuated

   Synonyms: avoir le coup de foudre, craquer

Conjugation

Conjugation of flasher (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	flasher
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	flashant /fla.ʃɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		flashé /fla.ʃe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	flashe /flaʃ/	flashes /flaʃ/	flashe /flaʃ/	flashons /fla.ʃɔ̃/	flashez /fla.ʃe/	flashent /flaʃ/
	imperfect	flashais /fla.ʃɛ/	flashais /fla.ʃɛ/	flashait /fla.ʃɛ/	flashions /fla.ʃjɔ̃/	flashiez /fla.ʃje/	flashaient /fla.ʃɛ/
	past historic2	flashai /fla.ʃe/	flashas /fla.ʃa/	flasha /fla.ʃa/	flashâmes /fla.ʃam/	flashâtes /fla.ʃat/	flashèrent /fla.ʃɛʁ/
	future	flasherai /flaʃ.ʁe/	flasheras /flaʃ.ʁa/	flashera /flaʃ.ʁa/	flasherons /flaʃ.ʁɔ̃/	flasherez /flaʃ.ʁe/	flasheront /flaʃ.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	flasherais /flaʃ.ʁɛ/	flasherais /flaʃ.ʁɛ/	flasherait /flaʃ.ʁɛ/	flasherions /fla.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/	flasheriez /fla.ʃə.ʁje/	flasheraient /flaʃ.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	flashe /flaʃ/	flashes /flaʃ/	flashe /flaʃ/	flashions /fla.ʃjɔ̃/	flashiez /fla.ʃje/	flashent /flaʃ/
	imperfect2	flashasse /fla.ʃas/	flashasses /fla.ʃas/	flashât /fla.ʃa/	flashassions /fla.ʃa.sjɔ̃/	flashassiez /fla.ʃa.sje/	flashassent /fla.ʃas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	flashe /flaʃ/	—	flashons /fla.ʃɔ̃/	flashez /fla.ʃe/	—
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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “flasher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• “flasher” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.