lasser

See also: Lasser and lâsser

Dutch

Etymology

From lassen (“to weld”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑ.sər/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: las‧ser

Noun

lasser m (plural lassers, no diminutive)

1. welder

Derived terms

• lasserij

French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin lassāre, present active infinitive of Latin lassāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la.se/ ~ /lɑ.se/

• Audio:

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• Audio (France (Somain)):

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• Homophones: lassai, lassé, lassée, lassées, lassés, lassez (general); laçai, lacé, lacée, lacées, lacer, lacés, lacez (with /a/)

Verb

lasser

1. (transitive) to tire, weary, bore
2. (reflexive) to become exhausted [with de ‘of’]
   • 2018, Constance Debré, chapter 14, in Play boy, Paris: Stock, →ISBN, part 3, page 169:

     On se lasse de tout. De tout, mon amour. Y compris de la lose. Y compris de soi-même.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of lasser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	lasser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	lassant /la.sɑ̃/ or /lɑ.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		lassé /la.se/ or /lɑ.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	lasse /las/ or /lɑs/	lasses /las/ or /lɑs/	lasse /las/ or /lɑs/	lassons /la.sɔ̃/ or /lɑ.sɔ̃/	lassez /la.se/ or /lɑ.se/	lassent /las/ or /lɑs/
	imperfect	lassais /la.sɛ/ or /lɑ.sɛ/	lassais /la.sɛ/ or /lɑ.sɛ/	lassait /la.sɛ/ or /lɑ.sɛ/	lassions /la.sjɔ̃/ or /lɑ.sjɔ̃/	lassiez /la.sje/ or /lɑ.sje/	lassaient /la.sɛ/ or /lɑ.sɛ/
	past historic2	lassai /la.se/ or /lɑ.se/	lassas /la.sa/ or /lɑ.sa/	lassa /la.sa/ or /lɑ.sa/	lassâmes /la.sam/ or /lɑ.sam/	lassâtes /la.sat/ or /lɑ.sat/	lassèrent /la.sɛʁ/ or /lɑ.sɛʁ/
	future	lasserai /la.sʁe/ or /lɑ.sʁe/	lasseras /la.sʁa/ or /lɑ.sʁa/	lassera /la.sʁa/ or /lɑ.sʁa/	lasserons /la.sʁɔ̃/ or /lɑ.sʁɔ̃/	lasserez /la.sʁe/ or /lɑ.sʁe/	lasseront /la.sʁɔ̃/ or /lɑ.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	lasserais /la.sʁɛ/ or /lɑ.sʁɛ/	lasserais /la.sʁɛ/ or /lɑ.sʁɛ/	lasserait /la.sʁɛ/ or /lɑ.sʁɛ/	lasserions /la.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /lɑ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	lasseriez /la.sə.ʁje/ or /lɑ.sə.ʁje/	lasseraient /la.sʁɛ/ or /lɑ.sʁɛ/
(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	lasse /las/ or /lɑs/	lasses /las/ or /lɑs/	lasse /las/ or /lɑs/	lassions /la.sjɔ̃/ or /lɑ.sjɔ̃/	lassiez /la.sje/ or /lɑ.sje/	lassent /las/ or /lɑs/
	imperfect2	lassasse /la.sas/ or /lɑ.sas/	lassasses /la.sas/ or /lɑ.sas/	lassât /la.sa/ or /lɑ.sa/	lassassions /la.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /lɑ.sa.sjɔ̃/	lassassiez /la.sa.sje/ or /lɑ.sa.sje/	lassassent /la.sas/ or /lɑ.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	lasse /las/ or /lɑs/	—	lassons /la.sɔ̃/ or /lɑ.sɔ̃/	lassez /la.se/ or /lɑ.se/	—
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).

Derived terms

• inlassable

Further reading

• “lasser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Latin

Verb

lasser

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of lassō

Luxembourgish

Adjective

lasser

1. feminine dative of lass

Old French

Verb

lasser

1. alternative form of lacier