gazer

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

gaze +‎ -er

Noun[edit]

gazer (plural gazers)

  1. One who gazes.
    • c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
      I'll drown more sailors than the mermaid shall; / I'll slay more gazers than the basilisk;
    • 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 38:
      Like lightening flash, that hath the gazer burned, / So did the sight thereof their sense dismay, / That backe againe upon themselves they turned, / And with their ryder ranne perforce away:
    • 1820, Washington Irving, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow‎[1]:
      Knots of gazers and gossips were collected in the churchyard, at the bridge, and at the spot where the hat and pumpkin had been found.
    • 1854, Henry David Thoreau, Walden‎[2], New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co, published 1910, pages 86–7:
      I would observe, by the way, that it costs me nothing for curtains, for I have no gazers to shut out but the sun and moon, and I am willing that they should look in.
    • 1914, Wassily Kandinsky, chapter V, in M.T.H. Sadler, Houghton Mifflin, transl., The Art of Spiritual Harmony‎[3], page 49:
      Keen lemon-yellow hurts the eye in time as a prolonged and shrill trumpet-note the ear, and the gazer turns away to seek relief in blue or green.

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French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From gaz +‎ -er.

Verb[edit]

gazer

  1. to gas (exterminate using gas)
  2. (slang) to smoke (a cigarette)
  3. (takes a reflexive pronoun, se gazer) to rage, to become irate
  4. (informal) to go well, to be well (feeling)
    ça gaze? ― how's it going?
    oui, ça gaze. ― it's going alright
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of gazer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple gazer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple gazant
/ɡa.zɑ̃/ or /ɡɑ.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle gazé
/ɡa.ze/ or /ɡɑ.ze/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present gaze
/ɡaz/ or /ɡɑz/ 		gazes
/ɡaz/ or /ɡɑz/ 		gaze
/ɡaz/ or /ɡɑz/ 		gazons
/ɡa.zɔ̃/ or /ɡɑ.zɔ̃/ 		gazez
/ɡa.ze/ or /ɡɑ.ze/ 		gazent
/ɡaz/ or /ɡɑz/
imperfect gazais
/ɡa.zɛ/ or /ɡɑ.zɛ/ 		gazais
/ɡa.zɛ/ or /ɡɑ.zɛ/ 		gazait
/ɡa.zɛ/ or /ɡɑ.zɛ/ 		gazions
/ɡa.zjɔ̃/ or /ɡɑ.zjɔ̃/ 		gaziez
/ɡa.zje/ or /ɡɑ.zje/ 		gazaient
/ɡa.zɛ/ or /ɡɑ.zɛ/
past historic2 gazai
/ɡa.ze/ or /ɡɑ.ze/ 		gazas
/ɡa.za/ or /ɡɑ.za/ 		gaza
/ɡa.za/ or /ɡɑ.za/ 		gazâmes
/ɡa.zam/ or /ɡɑ.zam/ 		gazâtes
/ɡa.zat/ or /ɡɑ.zat/ 		gazèrent
/ɡa.zɛʁ/ or /ɡɑ.zɛʁ/
future gazerai
/ɡaz.ʁe/ or /ɡɑz.ʁe/ 		gazeras
/ɡaz.ʁa/ or /ɡɑz.ʁa/ 		gazera
/ɡaz.ʁa/ or /ɡɑz.ʁa/ 		gazerons
/ɡaz.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɡɑz.ʁɔ̃/ 		gazerez
/ɡaz.ʁe/ or /ɡɑz.ʁe/ 		gazeront
/ɡaz.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɡɑz.ʁɔ̃/
conditional gazerais
/ɡaz.ʁɛ/ or /ɡɑz.ʁɛ/ 		gazerais
/ɡaz.ʁɛ/ or /ɡɑz.ʁɛ/ 		gazerait
/ɡaz.ʁɛ/ or /ɡɑz.ʁɛ/ 		gazerions
/ɡa.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɡɑ.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		gazeriez
/ɡa.zə.ʁje/ or /ɡɑ.zə.ʁje/ 		gazeraient
/ɡaz.ʁɛ/ or /ɡɑz.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present gaze
/ɡaz/ or /ɡɑz/ 		gazes
/ɡaz/ or /ɡɑz/ 		gaze
/ɡaz/ or /ɡɑz/ 		gazions
/ɡa.zjɔ̃/ or /ɡɑ.zjɔ̃/ 		gaziez
/ɡa.zje/ or /ɡɑ.zje/ 		gazent
/ɡaz/ or /ɡɑz/
imperfect2 gazasse
/ɡa.zas/ or /ɡɑ.zas/ 		gazasses
/ɡa.zas/ or /ɡɑ.zas/ 		gazât
/ɡa.za/ or /ɡɑ.za/ 		gazassions
/ɡa.za.sjɔ̃/ or /ɡɑ.za.sjɔ̃/ 		gazassiez
/ɡa.za.sje/ or /ɡɑ.za.sje/ 		gazassent
/ɡa.zas/ or /ɡɑ.zas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — gaze
/ɡaz/ or /ɡɑz/ 		— gazons
/ɡa.zɔ̃/ or /ɡɑ.zɔ̃/ 		gazez
/ɡa.ze/ or /ɡɑ.ze/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • → Italian: gazare
  • → Romanian: gaza

Etymology 2[edit]

From gaze +‎ -er.

Verb[edit]

gazer

  1. to gloss over; to cover up; to hush up
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of gazer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple gazer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple gazant
/ɡa.zɑ̃/ or /ɡɑ.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle gazé
/ɡa.ze/ or /ɡɑ.ze/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present gaze
/ɡaz/ or /ɡɑz/ 		gazes
/ɡaz/ or /ɡɑz/ 		gaze
/ɡaz/ or /ɡɑz/ 		gazons
/ɡa.zɔ̃/ or /ɡɑ.zɔ̃/ 		gazez
/ɡa.ze/ or /ɡɑ.ze/ 		gazent
/ɡaz/ or /ɡɑz/
imperfect gazais
/ɡa.zɛ/ or /ɡɑ.zɛ/ 		gazais
/ɡa.zɛ/ or /ɡɑ.zɛ/ 		gazait
/ɡa.zɛ/ or /ɡɑ.zɛ/ 		gazions
/ɡa.zjɔ̃/ or /ɡɑ.zjɔ̃/ 		gaziez
/ɡa.zje/ or /ɡɑ.zje/ 		gazaient
/ɡa.zɛ/ or /ɡɑ.zɛ/
past historic2 gazai
/ɡa.ze/ or /ɡɑ.ze/ 		gazas
/ɡa.za/ or /ɡɑ.za/ 		gaza
/ɡa.za/ or /ɡɑ.za/ 		gazâmes
/ɡa.zam/ or /ɡɑ.zam/ 		gazâtes
/ɡa.zat/ or /ɡɑ.zat/ 		gazèrent
/ɡa.zɛʁ/ or /ɡɑ.zɛʁ/
future gazerai
/ɡaz.ʁe/ or /ɡɑz.ʁe/ 		gazeras
/ɡaz.ʁa/ or /ɡɑz.ʁa/ 		gazera
/ɡaz.ʁa/ or /ɡɑz.ʁa/ 		gazerons
/ɡaz.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɡɑz.ʁɔ̃/ 		gazerez
/ɡaz.ʁe/ or /ɡɑz.ʁe/ 		gazeront
/ɡaz.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɡɑz.ʁɔ̃/
conditional gazerais
/ɡaz.ʁɛ/ or /ɡɑz.ʁɛ/ 		gazerais
/ɡaz.ʁɛ/ or /ɡɑz.ʁɛ/ 		gazerait
/ɡaz.ʁɛ/ or /ɡɑz.ʁɛ/ 		gazerions
/ɡa.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɡɑ.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		gazeriez
/ɡa.zə.ʁje/ or /ɡɑ.zə.ʁje/ 		gazeraient
/ɡaz.ʁɛ/ or /ɡɑz.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present gaze
/ɡaz/ or /ɡɑz/ 		gazes
/ɡaz/ or /ɡɑz/ 		gaze
/ɡaz/ or /ɡɑz/ 		gazions
/ɡa.zjɔ̃/ or /ɡɑ.zjɔ̃/ 		gaziez
/ɡa.zje/ or /ɡɑ.zje/ 		gazent
/ɡaz/ or /ɡɑz/
imperfect2 gazasse
/ɡa.zas/ or /ɡɑ.zas/ 		gazasses
/ɡa.zas/ or /ɡɑ.zas/ 		gazât
/ɡa.za/ or /ɡɑ.za/ 		gazassions
/ɡa.za.sjɔ̃/ or /ɡɑ.za.sjɔ̃/ 		gazassiez
/ɡa.za.sje/ or /ɡɑ.za.sje/ 		gazassent
/ɡa.zas/ or /ɡɑ.zas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — gaze
/ɡaz/ or /ɡɑz/ 		— gazons
/ɡa.zɔ̃/ or /ɡɑ.zɔ̃/ 		gazez
/ɡa.ze/ or /ɡɑ.ze/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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