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raser

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See also: râser

Danish

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Verb

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raser

  1. present of rase

French

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /ʁa.ze/ ~ /ʁɑ.ze/
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Verb

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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)

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Middle English

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Noun

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raser

  1. Alternative form of reiser

Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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raser m

  1. indefinite plural of rase

Verb

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raser

  1. imperative of rasere
  2. present of rase

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Verb

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raser

  1. imperative of rasera

Old French

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Etymology

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

Verb

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raser

  1. to shave

Conjugation

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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.

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Descendants

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

Swedish

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Noun

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raser

  1. indefinite plural of ras

Welsh

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Etymology

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From English raser a variation of razor.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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raser f (plural raserydd, not mutable)

  1. (South Wales) razor
    Synonyms: ellyn, rasel

References

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  • 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