raser

See also: râser

Danish

Verb

raser

1. present tense of rase

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French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *rāsāre, from Latin rāsum, from rādere, present active infinitive of rādō. Compare Italian rasare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɑ.ze/, /ʁa.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, familiar) 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.

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   (Gide, Faux monnayeurs, 1925)

Conjugation

  Conjugation of raser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		raser			avoir rasé
gerund		en rasant			en ayant rasé
present participle		rasant /ʁɑ.zɑ̃/ or /ʁa.zɑ̃/
past participle		rasé /ʁɑ.ze/ or /ʁa.ze/
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	rase /ʁɑz/ or /ʁaz/	rases /ʁɑz/ or /ʁaz/	rase /ʁɑz/ or /ʁaz/	rasons /ʁɑ.zɔ̃/ or /ʁa.zɔ̃/	rasez /ʁɑ.ze/ or /ʁa.ze/	rasent /ʁɑz/ or /ʁaz/
	imperfect	rasais /ʁɑ.zɛ/ or /ʁa.zɛ/	rasais /ʁɑ.zɛ/ or /ʁa.zɛ/	rasait /ʁɑ.zɛ/ or /ʁa.zɛ/	rasions /ʁɑ.zjɔ̃/ or /ʁa.zjɔ̃/	rasiez /ʁɑ.zje/ or /ʁa.zje/	rasaient /ʁɑ.zɛ/ or /ʁa.zɛ/
	past historic1	rasai /ʁɑ.ze/ or /ʁa.ze/	rasas /ʁɑ.za/ or /ʁa.za/	rasa /ʁɑ.za/ or /ʁa.za/	rasâmes /ʁɑ.zam/ or /ʁa.zam/	rasâtes /ʁɑ.zat/ or /ʁa.zat/	rasèrent /ʁɑ.zɛʁ/ or /ʁa.zɛʁ/
	future	raserai /ʁɑz.ʁe/ or /ʁaz.ʁe/	raseras /ʁɑz.ʁa/ or /ʁaz.ʁa/	rasera /ʁɑz.ʁa/ or /ʁaz.ʁa/	raserons /ʁɑz.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁaz.ʁɔ̃/	raserez /ʁɑz.ʁe/ or /ʁaz.ʁe/	raseront /ʁɑz.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁaz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	raserais /ʁɑz.ʁɛ/ or /ʁaz.ʁɛ/	raserais /ʁɑz.ʁɛ/ or /ʁaz.ʁɛ/	raserait /ʁɑz.ʁɛ/ or /ʁaz.ʁɛ/	raserions /ʁɑ.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁa.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	raseriez /ʁɑ.zə.ʁje/ or /ʁa.zə.ʁje/	raseraient /ʁɑz.ʁɛ/ or /ʁaz.ʁɛ/
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	rase /ʁɑz/ or /ʁaz/	rases /ʁɑz/ or /ʁaz/	rase /ʁɑz/ or /ʁaz/	rasions /ʁɑ.zjɔ̃/ or /ʁa.zjɔ̃/	rasiez /ʁɑ.zje/ or /ʁa.zje/	rasent /ʁɑz/ or /ʁaz/
	imperfect1	rasasse /ʁɑ.zas/ or /ʁa.zas/	rasasses /ʁɑ.zas/ or /ʁa.zas/	rasât /ʁɑ.za/ or /ʁa.za/	rasassions /ʁɑ.za.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁa.za.sjɔ̃/	rasassiez /ʁɑ.za.sje/ or /ʁa.za.sje/	rasassent /ʁɑ.zas/ or /ʁa.zas/
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	rase /ʁɑz/ or /ʁaz/	—	rasons /ʁɑ.zɔ̃/ or /ʁa.zɔ̃/	rasez /ʁɑ.ze/ or /ʁa.ze/	—
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Derived terms

• rasé
• raseur
• rasoir

Further reading

• “raser” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• erras, rares, Sarre, serra

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Middle English

Noun

raser

1. Alternative form of reiser

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

raser m

1. indefinite plural of rase

Verb

raser

1. imperative of rasere

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

raser

1. imperative of rasera and rasere

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Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *rāsāre, from Latin rāsum, from rādere, present active infinitive 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			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the 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	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the 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	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	rese	—	rasons	rasez	—

Descendants

• English: rase (borrowed)
• French: raser
• Norman: râser

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Swedish

Noun

raser

1. indefinite plural of ras