blase

blase

See also: blasa, Blase, blasé, and blåse

English

Pronunciation

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Adjective

blase

  1. Alternative form of blasé.
    • 2020 April 15, Helen Ward, “We scientists said lock down. But UK politicians refused to listen”, in The Guardian[1]:
      In mid-February a colleague mentioned that for the first time in his life he was more concerned than his mother, who had been relatively blase about the risks of Covid-19.

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French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Verb

blase

  1. inflection of blaser:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 2

    Clipping of blason.

    Noun

    blase m (plural blases) (slang)

    1. name
      • 2017, “Gustavo”, in Elh Kmer (lyrics), Indépendant:
        T’as pas donné d’blase, t’auras tous mes honneurs.
        Dans l’cas contraire, une équipe te lève à six heures.
        If you haven’t handed over a name, you have all my honour,
        in the opposite case a squad will wake you up at six o’clock.
    2. nose

    Further reading

    German

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    blase

    1. inflection of blasen:
      1. first-person singular present
      2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
      3. singular imperative

    Anagrams

    Middle English

    Etymology 1

    From Old English blæse, blase, from Proto-West Germanic *blasā, from Proto-Germanic *blasǭ.

    Alternative forms

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈblaːz(ə)/, /ˈblɛ̞ːz(ə)/

    Noun

    blase (plural blases or blasen)

    1. A blaze (bright, flaming fire)
    2. (rare) A lamp or beacon (fire used as lighting).
    3. (rare) A bright thing or object.
    Descendants
    • English: blaze
    • Scots: bleize, blase, blese, bleise, bleis, bleeze
    • Yola: blaze, bleaze, blease
    References

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    blase

    1. alternative form of blasen

    Old English

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    From Proto-West Germanic *blasā.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈblɑ.se/, [ˈblɑ.ze]

    Noun

    blase f

    1. torch
    2. blaze

    Declension

    Weak n-stem:

    singular plural
    nominative blase blasan
    accusative blasan blasan
    genitive blasan blasena
    dative blasan blasum

    Descendants