abraser

English

Etymology

From abrase +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈbɹeɪ.zɚ/, /əˈbɹeɪ.zə/

Noun

abraser (plural abrasers)

1. A tool or machine for abrading; abrader.

Bourbonnais-Berrichon

Verb

abraser

1. to destroy

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.bʁa.ze/

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Verb

abraser

1. (technical, transitive) to abrade

Conjugation

Conjugation of abraser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	abraser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	abrasant /a.bʁa.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		abrasé /a.bʁa.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	abrase /a.bʁaz/	abrases /a.bʁaz/	abrase /a.bʁaz/	abrasons /a.bʁa.zɔ̃/	abrasez /a.bʁa.ze/	abrasent /a.bʁaz/
	imperfect	abrasais /a.bʁa.zɛ/	abrasais /a.bʁa.zɛ/	abrasait /a.bʁa.zɛ/	abrasions /a.bʁa.zjɔ̃/	abrasiez /a.bʁa.zje/	abrasaient /a.bʁa.zɛ/
	past historic2	abrasai /a.bʁa.ze/	abrasas /a.bʁa.za/	abrasa /a.bʁa.za/	abrasâmes /a.bʁa.zam/	abrasâtes /a.bʁa.zat/	abrasèrent /a.bʁa.zɛʁ/
	future	abraserai /a.bʁaz.ʁe/	abraseras /a.bʁaz.ʁa/	abrasera /a.bʁaz.ʁa/	abraserons /a.bʁaz.ʁɔ̃/	abraserez /a.bʁaz.ʁe/	abraseront /a.bʁaz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	abraserais /a.bʁaz.ʁɛ/	abraserais /a.bʁaz.ʁɛ/	abraserait /a.bʁaz.ʁɛ/	abraserions /a.bʁa.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	abraseriez /a.bʁa.zə.ʁje/	abraseraient /a.bʁaz.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	abrase /a.bʁaz/	abrases /a.bʁaz/	abrase /a.bʁaz/	abrasions /a.bʁa.zjɔ̃/	abrasiez /a.bʁa.zje/	abrasent /a.bʁaz/
	imperfect2	abrasasse /a.bʁa.zas/	abrasasses /a.bʁa.zas/	abrasât /a.bʁa.za/	abrasassions /a.bʁa.za.sjɔ̃/	abrasassiez /a.bʁa.za.sje/	abrasassent /a.bʁa.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	abrase /a.bʁaz/	—	abrasons /a.bʁa.zɔ̃/	abrasez /a.bʁa.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).

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• aberras, brasera, sabrera