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gazer

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English

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Etymology

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From gaze +‎ -er.

Noun

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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

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡa.ze/ ~ /ɡɑ.ze/

Etymology 1

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From gaz +‎ -er.

Verb

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gazer

  1. to gas (exterminate using gas)
  2. (slang) to smoke (a cigarette)
  3. (pronominal, 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
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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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Descendants
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  • → Italian: gazare
  • → Romanian: gaza

Etymology 2

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From gaze +‎ -er.

Verb

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gazer

  1. to gloss over; to cover up; to hush up
Conjugation
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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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