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blase

1. Alternative spelling of blasé
   • 2020 April 15, Helen Ward, “We scientists said lock down. But UK politicians refused to listen”, in The Guardian‎:

     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.

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

• IPA^(key): /blaz/
• Homophones: blasent, blases

blase

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

Clipping of blason.

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

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

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• Rhymes: -aːzə

blase

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

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

• blese
• blaese, blease (Early Middle English)

• IPA^(key): /ˈblaːz(ə)/, /ˈblɛːz(ə)/, /ˈblæːz(ə)/

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.

• blasen

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

• “blāse, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-27.

blase

1. Alternative form of blasen

• blæse

From Proto-West Germanic *blasā.

• IPA^(key): /ˈblɑ.se/, [ˈblɑ.ze]

blase f

1. torch
2. blaze

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