phraser

English

Etymology

phrase +‎ -er

Noun

phraser (plural phrasers)

1. (rare) One who phrases something.

Related terms

• rephraser

Anagrams

• Sharper, harpers, sharper

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʁa.ze/ ~ /fʁɑ.ze/, /fʁa.ze/

Verb

phraser

1. to phrase
2. (music) to phrase

Conjugation

Conjugation of phraser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	phraser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	phrasant /fʁa.zɑ̃/ or /fʁɑ.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		phrasé /fʁa.ze/ or /fʁɑ.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	phrase /fʁaz/ or /fʁɑz/	phrases /fʁaz/ or /fʁɑz/	phrase /fʁaz/ or /fʁɑz/	phrasons /fʁa.zɔ̃/ or /fʁɑ.zɔ̃/	phrasez /fʁa.ze/ or /fʁɑ.ze/	phrasent /fʁaz/ or /fʁɑz/
	imperfect	phrasais /fʁa.zɛ/ or /fʁɑ.zɛ/	phrasais /fʁa.zɛ/ or /fʁɑ.zɛ/	phrasait /fʁa.zɛ/ or /fʁɑ.zɛ/	phrasions /fʁa.zjɔ̃/ or /fʁɑ.zjɔ̃/	phrasiez /fʁa.zje/ or /fʁɑ.zje/	phrasaient /fʁa.zɛ/ or /fʁɑ.zɛ/
	past historic2	phrasai /fʁa.ze/ or /fʁɑ.ze/	phrasas /fʁa.za/ or /fʁɑ.za/	phrasa /fʁa.za/ or /fʁɑ.za/	phrasâmes /fʁa.zam/ or /fʁɑ.zam/	phrasâtes /fʁa.zat/ or /fʁɑ.zat/	phrasèrent /fʁa.zɛʁ/ or /fʁɑ.zɛʁ/
	future	phraserai /fʁaz.ʁe/ or /fʁɑz.ʁe/	phraseras /fʁaz.ʁa/ or /fʁɑz.ʁa/	phrasera /fʁaz.ʁa/ or /fʁɑz.ʁa/	phraserons /fʁaz.ʁɔ̃/ or /fʁɑz.ʁɔ̃/	phraserez /fʁaz.ʁe/ or /fʁɑz.ʁe/	phraseront /fʁaz.ʁɔ̃/ or /fʁɑz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	phraserais /fʁaz.ʁɛ/ or /fʁɑz.ʁɛ/	phraserais /fʁaz.ʁɛ/ or /fʁɑz.ʁɛ/	phraserait /fʁaz.ʁɛ/ or /fʁɑz.ʁɛ/	phraserions /fʁa.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /fʁɑ.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	phraseriez /fʁa.zə.ʁje/ or /fʁɑ.zə.ʁje/	phraseraient /fʁaz.ʁɛ/ or /fʁɑz.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	phrase /fʁaz/ or /fʁɑz/	phrases /fʁaz/ or /fʁɑz/	phrase /fʁaz/ or /fʁɑz/	phrasions /fʁa.zjɔ̃/ or /fʁɑ.zjɔ̃/	phrasiez /fʁa.zje/ or /fʁɑ.zje/	phrasent /fʁaz/ or /fʁɑz/
	imperfect2	phrasasse /fʁa.zas/ or /fʁɑ.zas/	phrasasses /fʁa.zas/ or /fʁɑ.zas/	phrasât /fʁa.za/ or /fʁɑ.za/	phrasassions /fʁa.za.sjɔ̃/ or /fʁɑ.za.sjɔ̃/	phrasassiez /fʁa.za.sje/ or /fʁɑ.za.sje/	phrasassent /fʁa.zas/ or /fʁɑ.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	phrase /fʁaz/ or /fʁɑz/	—	phrasons /fʁa.zɔ̃/ or /fʁɑ.zɔ̃/	phrasez /fʁa.ze/ or /fʁɑ.ze/	—
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

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