flasher
See also: Flasher
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
flasher (plural flashers)
- Anything that flashes, especially a device that switches a light on and off.
- (automotive) An indicator or turn signal.
- (slang) A person who exposes their genitals or female nipples.
Synonyms
- (person): exhibitionist
Translations
anything that flashes
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a person who exposes his genitals indecently
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Anagrams
French
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English flash.
Pronunciation
Verb
flasher
- to flash (of a light, to have intermittent periods on and off)
- to flash (of a camera, to use flash photography)
- to flash (of a vehicle, to be caught on camera speeding)
Conjugation
Conjugation of flasher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | flasher | |||||
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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 | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | flashe /flaʃ/ |
— | flashons /fla.ʃɔ̃/ |
flashez /fla.ʃe/ |
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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:
(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.
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