raser

See also: râser

Danish

Verb

raser

1. present of rase

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French raser, from Vulgar Latin *rāsāre, a frequentative verb formed from Latin rāsus, past participle of rādō, from Proto-Italic *razdō, from Proto-Indo-European *rh₁d-dʰ-, extended from *reh₁d- (“to scrape, scratch, gnaw”). Compare Italian rasare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁa.ze/, /ʁɑ.ze/

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Verb

raser

1. (transitive) to shave
2. (transitive) to brush, lightly touch
3. (transitive) to raze (level to the ground)
4. (transitive, informal) to bore someone

   Le digne homme n’imagine pas combien il peut raser les élèves avec des propos de ce genre ; chez lui si sincères qu’ils découragent l’ironie.

   The dignified man cannot imagine how much he can bore his students with ideas of this kind, which to him are so sincere that they discourage irony.

   (Gide, Faux monnayeurs, 1925)

Conjugation

Conjugation of raser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	raser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	rasant /ʁa.zɑ̃/ or /ʁɑ.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		rasé /ʁa.ze/ or /ʁɑ.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	rase /ʁaz/ or /ʁɑz/	rases /ʁaz/ or /ʁɑz/	rase /ʁaz/ or /ʁɑz/	rasons /ʁa.zɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ.zɔ̃/	rasez /ʁa.ze/ or /ʁɑ.ze/	rasent /ʁaz/ or /ʁɑz/
	imperfect	rasais /ʁa.zɛ/ or /ʁɑ.zɛ/	rasais /ʁa.zɛ/ or /ʁɑ.zɛ/	rasait /ʁa.zɛ/ or /ʁɑ.zɛ/	rasions /ʁa.zjɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ.zjɔ̃/	rasiez /ʁa.zje/ or /ʁɑ.zje/	rasaient /ʁa.zɛ/ or /ʁɑ.zɛ/
	past historic2	rasai /ʁa.ze/ or /ʁɑ.ze/	rasas /ʁa.za/ or /ʁɑ.za/	rasa /ʁa.za/ or /ʁɑ.za/	rasâmes /ʁa.zam/ or /ʁɑ.zam/	rasâtes /ʁa.zat/ or /ʁɑ.zat/	rasèrent /ʁa.zɛʁ/ or /ʁɑ.zɛʁ/
	future	raserai /ʁaz.ʁe/ or /ʁɑz.ʁe/	raseras /ʁaz.ʁa/ or /ʁɑz.ʁa/	rasera /ʁaz.ʁa/ or /ʁɑz.ʁa/	raserons /ʁaz.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁɑz.ʁɔ̃/	raserez /ʁaz.ʁe/ or /ʁɑz.ʁe/	raseront /ʁaz.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁɑz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	raserais /ʁaz.ʁɛ/ or /ʁɑz.ʁɛ/	raserais /ʁaz.ʁɛ/ or /ʁɑz.ʁɛ/	raserait /ʁaz.ʁɛ/ or /ʁɑz.ʁɛ/	raserions /ʁa.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	raseriez /ʁa.zə.ʁje/ or /ʁɑ.zə.ʁje/	raseraient /ʁaz.ʁɛ/ or /ʁɑz.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	rase /ʁaz/ or /ʁɑz/	rases /ʁaz/ or /ʁɑz/	rase /ʁaz/ or /ʁɑz/	rasions /ʁa.zjɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ.zjɔ̃/	rasiez /ʁa.zje/ or /ʁɑ.zje/	rasent /ʁaz/ or /ʁɑz/
	imperfect2	rasasse /ʁa.zas/ or /ʁɑ.zas/	rasasses /ʁa.zas/ or /ʁɑ.zas/	rasât /ʁa.za/ or /ʁɑ.za/	rasassions /ʁa.za.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ.za.sjɔ̃/	rasassiez /ʁa.za.sje/ or /ʁɑ.za.sje/	rasassent /ʁa.zas/ or /ʁɑ.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	rase /ʁaz/ or /ʁɑz/	—	rasons /ʁa.zɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ.zɔ̃/	rasez /ʁa.ze/ or /ʁɑ.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).

Derived terms

• mousse à raser
• rasé
• raseur
• rasoir

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• erras, rares, Sarre, serra

Middle English

Noun

raser

1. Alternative form of reiser

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

raser m

1. indefinite plural of rase

Verb

raser

1. imperative of rasere
2. present of rase

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

raser

1. imperative of rasera

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *rāsāre, from Latin rāsus, past participle of rādō.

Verb

raser

1. to shave

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-st are modified to s, st. This verb has a stressed present stem res distinct from the unstressed stem ras. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of raser (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		raser			avoir rasé
gerund		en rasant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		rasant
past participle		rasé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	res	reses	rese	rasons	rasez	resent
	imperfect	rasoie, raseie, rasoe, raseve	rasoies, raseies, rasoes, raseves	rasoit, raseit, rasot, raseve	rasiiens, rasiens	rasiiez, rasiez	rasoient, raseient, rasoent, rasevent
	preterite	rasai	rasas	rasa	rasames	rasastes	raserent
	future	raserai	raseras	rasera	raserons	raseroiz, rasereiz, raserez	raseront
	conditional	raseroie, rasereie	raseroies, rasereies	raseroit, rasereit	raseriiens, raseriens	raseriiez, raseriez	raseroient, rasereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	res	res	rest	rasons	rasez	resent
	imperfect	rasasse	rasasses	rasast	rasissons, rasissiens	rasissoiz, rasissez, rasissiez	rasassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	rese	—	rasons	rasez	—

Related terms

• rasure
• rere
• res

Descendants

• → Middle English: rasen
  • English: rase
• French: raser
• Norman: râser

Swedish

Noun

raser

1. indefinite plural of ras

Welsh

Etymology

From English raser a variation of razor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrasɛr/

Noun

raser f (plural raserydd, not mutable)

1. (South Wales) razor

   Synonyms: ellyn, rasel

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “raser”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies