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.

Derived terms

• blasely
• blaseness

Anagrams

• ables, Sabel, sable, Sable, albes, bales, Ables, Basel, beals, Basle, baels, saleb, Bleas, Sablé, labes

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blaz/ ~ /blɑz/

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• Homophones: blasent, blases

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

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

German

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -aːzə

Verb

blase

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

Anagrams

• Albes, Basel, Salbe

Middle English

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• blese
• blaese, blease (Early Middle English)

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.

Related terms

• blasen

Descendants

• English: blaze
• Scots: bleize, blase, blese, bleise, bleis, bleeze
• Yola: blaze, bleaze, blease

References

• “blāse, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 27 September 2018.

Etymology 2

Verb

blase

1. alternative form of blasen

Old English

Alternative forms

• blæse

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

• Middle English: blase, blese, blaese, blease (Early Middle English)
  • English: blaze
  • Scots: bleize, blase, blese, bleise, bleis, bleeze
  • Yola: blaze, bleaze, blease